Wrong Way to Start the 4th

[Rob1968]

Originally Posted by La Rikardo

4-31 defines a pass as movement of the ball caused by a player who throws, bats, or rolls the ball to another player. Throwing the ball at the opponent's basket is not a pass. It is the start of a dribble which may become interrupted if he is not the first to touch the ball after it has touched the floor. Since this must be a dribble, a violation for an illegal dribble occurs the moment the ball leaves the player's hand if the player had previously dribbled.

Don't we have another thread that deals with this?

In any event, Case Book 9.5, first situation, tells us that if A1 ends the dribble and then throws the ball against the opponents' backboard, it constitutes another dribble, . . . "provided A1 is first to touch the ball after it strikes . . . the board."

Also, please take a look at the definition of an interrupted dribble, and 9-5-2 & 3, regarding an illegal dribble. If the ball is touched by an opponent, or touches or is touched by another player, it is the end of a dribble, not the cause of an interrupted dribble.