Heading: Jump ball and alternating possession     Sub Heading: Jump ball situations

"A jump ball situation occurs when:

• A held ball is called.

• The ball goes out-of-bounds and the referees are in doubt or disagree on which of the opponents last touched the ball.

• A double free-throw violtion occurs during an unsuccessful last free throw.

• A live ball lodges between the ring and the backboard except:

  • Between free throws,

  • After the last free throw followed by a throw-in from the throw-in line in the team's frontcourt, opposite the scorer's table.

• The ball becomes dead when neither team has control of the ball nor is entitled to the ball.

• After the cancellation of equal penalties on both teams, if there are no other foul penalties remaining for administration and neither team had control of the ball nor was entitled to the ball before the first foul or violation.

• All quarters other than the first quarter and all overtimes are to start."