player out of bounds and hit by ball
 

If a player A is standing out of bounds, and player B hits player A with the ball and the ball then goes out of bounds,
is the last player to touch the ball before it goes out of bounds player A or player B?
Who gets possession of the ball?

When the ball contacts player A, who is out of bounds, the ball is out of bounds at that moment. It is OOB because A contacted the ball while OOB. B's ball.

The clause about the last player to touch the ball before it goes out of bounds is not for this case. It is for the case where the ball is last touched by an inbounds player before the ball goes out of bounds by hitting the floor/wall/etc., not another player who is out of bounds.

7-2-2: If the ball is out of bounds because of touching or being touched by a player who is on or outside a boundary line, such player causes it to go out.

Just to clarify, "player" is defined as one of the 10 players on the court participating in the game. The bench players are not "players" for this purpose.

I screwed this up once. I logically deduced that if a player was OOB and the ball hit them it was the same as the ball hitting the floor OOB, and thought that I need to refer back to whoever touched it last in bounds. Thankfully another official quickly set me straight.