I shot a basketball outside the three point line in a high arching manner that it bounces the ground (right around the painted area)and then went in. Does it count as a 2 pt shot or a 3 pointer?
2007-01-02 06:02:45 · 14 answers · asked by Tom C 1 in Sports ➔ Basketball
Isaiah Thomas years ago did a bounce pass to a team mate for an alley-oop and the ball went in on it's own for two points. He bounced passed from fairly far out but not quite three point range. If he had done the pass from beyond the three point line and the ball had bounced in back of the three point line it would have counted for three points. Your shot while not a pass went in after landing on the ground in the two point area of the court. Therefore it counts for two points.
2007-01-02 09:01:28 · answer #1 · answered by arrow_gant_one 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer is: it doesn't matter because you're playing with people who don't know how to play basketball. You've managed to not only shoot so high and so short of the goal that it must have landed somewhere between the freethrow line and the bucket before it bounced in (which i've accomplished many times while playing HORSE)- AND no one grabbed it when it landed and bounced into the basket. Who the heck are you playing with?! I'm sure if you called it 4 points, your opponents wouldn't care.
2007-01-07 01:44:29 · answer #2 · answered by r w 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a two point shot. Only if you make a shot behind the arc(Three point line) is it a three point shot. If the ball was shot behind the arc, and then bounces on the ground, then it is an air ball. If it goes in to the basket afterwards, then it is two points. So, that is why it is a two point basket.
2007-01-06 21:50:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a 2 pointer...cuz the three would count as a miss, and the bounce would count as a follow up by the court itself
2007-01-02 14:36:08 · answer #4 · answered by abedaywi13 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It counts as two points as long as there is time on the clock. If time expires or there is a foul before the ball hits the ground no points are awarded.
2007-01-02 14:14:27 · answer #5 · answered by bv715 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
2 points.
2007-01-02 14:51:59 · answer #6 · answered by prekinpdx 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if no other players touch it then its a three if 1 player touch it its a 2
2007-01-02 14:26:53 · answer #7 · answered by the guy 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
YOU HAVE SHOT AN AIR BALL THAT HIT THE GROUND.
2007-01-02 14:58:00 · answer #8 · answered by smitty 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Neither. Unless tapped in by a player, the basket does not count.
2007-01-02 14:07:43 · answer #9 · answered by Eltownzjem 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
It can't hit the ground before it goes in the rim.
2007-01-02 14:05:36 · answer #10 · answered by motorcitysmadman2 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋