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Basketball Registering Stats Referred Questions:
Throwing the Ball off the Backboard

"... If a player throws the ball off the backboard ( but not the rim ), runs several steps, and then catches the rebound in the air as in this clip and tips it back in or dunks it before landing, is that 'traveling' ?

What's the technical at the end of the clip, because the ball off the backboard ?

Whatever your answer, what is the rule ?
And... Which is the statistical registration according to the eBA Basketball Statistics Creative Analysis System ? ..."

Rule's Fundamental=
The play as seen in the clip, shall be legal since the backboard is equipment located in the offensive half court of the Offensive Team, which a player of this team is entitled to use.

eBA Basketball Statistical Registration=
For the statistical register of this play we have to ways: the traditional statistician will give to the player a FGA, and OR and a FGM.

On the second way, the game analyst may allow himself to register only the FGM in the Dunk category and ignore the first part of the play ("since the backboard is equipment located in the offensive half court") if he feels it a was "show-time play" and not a shooting attempt, and wants to register the "real" possessions number.

Commentary=
The reason of the T at the end of the clip, is the player throwing the ball to the gallery after the conversion, and it is no referred to the FGM action, which, as said, is legal.

See in our forum the 'basketball rules' topics and the exposition "Basketball Possessions Analysis" at eBA ONLINE.

All the terms in this answer are explained widely at The eBA Basketball System Book and in eBA Clinic ONLINE.

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

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