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"... Team A is over the limit and Team B has possession at his backcourt.

Team A player make a personal foul in order to provoke a free throws situation: the free throws must be thrown or only when the middle line is crossed and it may be an offensive foul ?

And what is the statistician rule according to the eBA Basketball Statistics Analysis System ? ..."

The question is not clearly formulated, but we'll try to understand the following:
The Rules tell us that a personal foul is a player's fault which implies illegal contact with an opponent, being the ball live or dead.

Common examples are holding, charging, tripping, blocking, pushing, or interference. A personal foul results in either a player taking free throws or a team losing possession of the ball.

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So, the Rules states that beyond a given number of fouls: 4 team fouls per NBA, FIBA or ULEB period; 8 per WNBA half; 7 per half in college the team is over the limit". See the eBA Global Basketball Encyclopedia:

"Each team is allowed the given number of fouls per quarter or half for which no free throws are assessed ( unless they are committed against players in act of shooting ); after the given number of fouls a team is said to be "over the limit" and free throws are assessed on all subsequent fouls. This team is also said "to be in the penalty".

The basketball rules don't make any reference about the location of the player at the moment the personal foul is committed, with reference to backcourt or frontcourt, only they must be between the court legal limits. So, any statistical analysis rules refers to this situation too.

See in our forum the 'personal fouls' topics and the exposition "Basketball Personal Fouls Statistical Analysis" at eBA ONLINE.

All the terms in this answer are explained widely at The Global Basketball Encyclopedia and in eBA ONLINE.

This topic is resumed in the eBA Basketball Statistics Analysis System
at the eBA Encyclopedia > eBA System

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