Heading: Status of the ball

"The ball does not become dead and the goal counts if made when:

• The ball is in flight on a shot for a goal and:

  • A referee blows the whistle.

  • The game clock signal sounds for the end of the quarter or overtime.

  • The shot clock signal sounds.

• The ball is in flight on a free throw and a referee blows the whistle for any rule infraction other than by the free-throw shooter.

• The ball is in the control of a shooter for a goal who finishes the shot with a continuous motion which started before a foul is committted by any opponent player or by any person permitted to sit on the opponents' team bench.

This provision does not apply, and the goal shall not count if after a referee blows the whistle an entirely new act of shooting is made."