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[TimNJsoxfan]

In my sons basketball game tonight, the teams got screwed up in the second half and the other team ended up taking a shot at our teams basket. In doing so, he was fouled. The refs awarded the player shooting at the wrong basket 2 shots. Did the refs make the right decision or should the other team have been given the ball out of bounds? My logic is that the player wasn't shooting at his own basket, therefore no shots should have been awarded. Any refs that can answer this?

[CSteinhardt]

In my sons basketball game tonight, the teams got screwed up in the second half and the other team ended up taking a shot at our teams basket. In doing so, he was fouled. The refs awarded the player shooting at the wrong basket 2 shots. Did the refs make the right decision or should the other team have been given the ball out of bounds? My logic is that the player wasn't shooting at his own basket, therefore no shots should have been awarded. Any refs that can answer this?

Wrong from at least one point of view, and depending upon your level of play, quite possibly two.

1) If the player is not attempting to shoot at the correct basket, it is not a shooting foul.
2) If the referee determined that the player *was* attempting to shoot, at most levels of play the result would be three free throws, not two.

[hondo18]

I'm not a ref, but a high school coach. It's not a shooting foul. However, it's a foul. So, if the shooter's team is in the bonus, he gets to shoot the 1 and 1 or, depending on what number foul it is, 2 shots. Another issue I've seen in youth leagues is that the team that shoots at the wrong basket usually has committed a back court violation in the process of going the wrong way. The call is often missed.

[hondo18]

I'm not a ref, but a high school coach. It's not a shooting foul. However, it's a foul. So, if the shooter's team is in the bonus, he gets to shoot the 1 and 1 or, depending on what number foul it is, 2 shots. Another issue I've seen in youth leagues is that the team that shoots at the wrong basket usually has committed a back court violation in the process of going the wrong way. The call is often missed.

[ivanvamp]

The funny thing is this. Both teams are in the bonus. Imagine if a kid shoots at the wrong basket and gets fouled in the act of shooting...and the shot goes in. What then? Does he get a "three point play" for the other team? Here's the correct answer:

- Two points for the other team.
- The kid then shoots one-and-one for his own team.

Very strange situation for sure.

[GreenMonster49]

If you're not shooting at your basket, it's not a shooting foul, so the play is dead as soon as the whistle is blown. Under usual conditions, a shooting foul happens before the shot goes in, so any basket would not count. (For, say, an tip-in, the basket might count, however.) This should be in the casebook for officials, since it's not an absurd situation.

[PC Drunken Friar]

was this the first shot of the half? the way that you said the "teams" as plural, makes me think this is the case?

[PaulinMyrBch]

Brings back memories...6th grade I was a lousy player...got the rebound at my end, dribbled end to end for a layup in the wrong basket. I literally felt like a beast, no one could catch me. I realize now the other team had common sense enough to let me go, my team was confused and probably figured I'd blow the layup. Funny thing is I remember my coach making me feel better. He was smiling, but had something nice to say so I didn't feel embarrassed.