Random basketball shot question....

Anything that goes in counts as long as it’s in bounds.

So he released it before time ran out but it bounced after the clock expired. Would that shot have counted in that situation?

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If it hit before the clock expires it would count

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No. The second the ball hits the floor, it's not a shot, it's a loose ball.

It's not a shot after it hits the floor. Yeah it's two points if it goes in, but it has to go in before the clock expires.

So does the last player to touch it get the stat?

Or does the team score just get added onto, with no player credit?

I agree with Teddy. After it hits the floor, it’s a loose ball. The only time a play keeps going after the buzzer is a shot which this is no longer. If it’s a loose ball anywhere else on the floor, they don’t wait to see where it goes, the quarter is over. It would have to go in before the buzzer. What I would be interested in is, how much of the ball has to be in the cylinder for it to count. If it’s halfway in the rim and the buzzer goes off, does that count?

I'm not sure on that interpretation your making.

When they are saying "the flight of the ball" they mean from a shot.

When they say "anytime a live ball is in flight from the playing court" i don't think they mean it bouncing from the court, they mean when a shot goes up. They say right after that that "the field goal will not be scored if time on the game clock expires before the ball eaves the players hand", because in the previous statement about a live ball in flight, they mean from a players hand, not the court.

You could be right, i don't know. I don't think the rules you posted are clear on it.

I think the debate is when is the shot dead. They define a shot as the flight of the ball until it becomes dead or is touched by a player. Not sure how that is interpreted.

To me i would think by that rule, it doesn't matter if it hits the ground or not before time expires. If it's still considered in flight, then it only matters when it leaves the players hand, so if it bounces after time expires and still goes in, then it would count.

I think the ball is dead once it hits the floor on a shot, but by their rule a shot is also dead if it's tip blocked b/c another player touched the ball after a shot went up. So by that rule, could you "goaltend" a "shot" if it's tipped? While the basket still counts after time expires on a tipped shot, that is what makes me believe it bouncing in after time expires would count as well.

I do'nt know. I confused myself.

I understand that, but I interpret "in flight as leaving from the players hand until the shot is over. Once it hits the court, it's not in flight anymore, and the shot is over.