Rules question

[SoonerNorm]

What happens if a player is fouled while shooting at the wrong basket?

 

[MsProudSooner]

What happens if a player is fouled while shooting at the wrong basket?

I have no idea. Is that a hypothetical question or did it happen? What if he's fouled by a teammate???

 

[SoonerNorm]

This actually happened. I will tell you the ref was confused and called walking. I think since it was a shooting foul it should have been two free throws but I've never seen or heard of that happening before so I'm not sure.

 

[sybarite]

1. If a player is fouled, it is a simple foul. If you are in the one and one, you would get to shoot free throws at the other end, your end. If not, you simply get the ball out of bounds as with any other foul.

2. If, on the other hand, the shot occurs before the foul, it would count as two points for the other team, after which you address it as any other foul. This is no different from accidentally tipping the ball into your opponent's basket.

3. The ball is dead as of the foul. You kind of hope that it doesn't go in.

 

[SoonerNorm]

To clarify, the shooter did not make the shot but was fouled in the act if shooting.

The other question that comes to mind is; could the correct call be 3 free throws since the shooter was clearly outside the three point line to her basket which was at the other end of the court? I know, this is a weird senerio!

 

[MsProudSooner]

To clarify, the shooter did not make the shot but was fouled in the act if shooting.

The other question that comes to mind is; could the correct call be 3 free throws since the shooter was clearly outside the three point line to her basket which was at the other end of the court? I know, this is a weird senerio!

I'm not sure the rules makes took this situation into consideration when they wrote the book. What did the officials do? They must have had a 20 minute conference!

 

[AdaSooner]

In all of the years I officiated high school basketball, the play SoonerNorm described never occurred on my watch, nor was it ever discussed in the annual officials' meetings. I'm glad, because I might have been left scratching my head or huddled up with my officiating partner trying to figure out what to do. The official in question apparently took the easy way out. Can't say I blame him. lol

I'm not absolutely certain about my answer, but I'll give it my best shot. If the shot had gone in, I think Syb is right in that it would count for the other team. I should qualify that remark by saying that's how it used to be many years ago. It's possible the rule has changed since then. I don't keep up with the changes much anymore. I'm fairly sure an NBA official would wave the points off, called a violation because the score came at the wrong end, and gave the ball to the other team at the foul line extended. It's certainly possible that's the way it's handled in college now, which makes more sense to me than awarding the points to the other team.

If not, the points would be attributed to the closest defensive player to the rim at the time, likely the player that committed the foul. Since the player missed the shot, the foul would be accessed like any other common foul, with one major difference. It would not be a shooting foul because the basket did not occur "legally."

Sorry my response might have left more questions than answers.

 

[SoonerNorm]

In all of the years I officiated high school basketball, the play SoonerNorm described never occurred on my watch, nor was it ever discussed in the annual officials' meetings. I'm glad, because I might have been left scratching my head or huddled up with my officiating partner trying to figure out what to do. The official in question apparently took the easy way out. Can't say I blame him. lol

I'm not absolutely certain about my answer, but I'll give it my best shot. If the shot had gone in, I think Syb is right in that it would count for the other team. I should qualify that remark by saying that's how it used to be many years ago. It's possible the rule has changed since then. I don't keep up with the changes much anymore. I'm fairly sure an NBA official would wave the points off, called a violation because the score came at the wrong end, and gave the ball to the other team at the foul line extended. It's certainly possible that's the way it's handled in college now, which makes more sense to me than awarding the points to the other team.

If not, the points would be attributed to the closest defensive player to the rim at the time, likely the player that committed the foul. Since the player missed the shot, the foul would be accessed like any other common foul, with one major difference. It would not be a shooting foul because the basket did not occur "legally."

Sorry my response might have left more questions than answers.

That makes sense. Thanks!

 

[soonermike22]

To be awarded free throws when a player is fouled when shooting, you have to be shooting at your own basket. If you are "shooting" at the opponents basket, it is not a valid shot attempt.
IMHO

 

[sybarite]

To be awarded free throws when a player is fouled when shooting, you have to be shooting at your own basket. If you are "shooting" at the opponents basket, it is not a valid shot attempt.
IMHO

I think you, Ada, and I are saying the same thing. It is just a foul, like any other. You would be entitled to free throws only if the other team is over the limit. It would be the same as a hand check foul.

 

[badger]

What happens if a player is fouled while shooting at the wrong basket?

I used to hit the "shoot" button by accident at the wrong basket all the time in "NBA Jam." The virtual player would proceed to heave the ball to the other side of the court and miss horribly

 

[gwydion]

The other night Fish (Thunder) was fouled while shooting a three. He missed the shot but a Grizzly tipped it in for some reason and Fish got to shoot the 1 free throw for a four point swing. Not the same thing but weird all the same.