PLAYING REGULATIONS tReet

 

NOTE—tThe Official should not handle the ball unless by so doing
he can get the ball into play more quickly. Opponents of the
player who is to put the ball into play should not touch the ball.
Allowance may be made for touching the ball accidentally or in-
stinctively, but if a player delays the game by interfering with the
ball, a technical foul should be called.

SECTION 10. The game shall terminate by the sounding of the
Timekeepers’ signal indicating the end of the
game. (See Rule 7, Section7.)

When a foul is committed simultaneously with or just previous
to the Timekeepers’ signal ending a half or an overtime period,
time shall be allowed for the free throw or throws, which shall be
attempted immediately. When such a foul occurs at the end of the
first or third quarter of a game played in quarters, or during the
intermission following the first or third quarter, the free throw
shall be attempted at the beginning of the next quarter, and, if it
was a personal foul, the ball shall be in play if the free throw is
missed, and out of bounds to an opponent if the free throw is suc-
cessful. Each half and overtime period must begin with jump ball
at center.

RULE 9—Scoring

SECTION 1. A goal made from the field shall count 2 points; a
goal from a free throw shall count 1 point. A goal
from the field shall count for the team into whose
basket the ball is thrown.
Ques.—If a player makes a free throw in his opponent’s basket,
does the goal count for his opponents? Amns.—No; if the mistake
is discovered before play is resumed, the throw should be disre-
garded and the player given a throw at his own basket. It is the

duty of the Referee to see that free throws are made at the
proper basket.

SECTION 2. A game shall be decided by the scoring of the
greater number of points in the playing time.

*SECTION 3. If the score is a tie at the expiration of the second
Tie Score and half, play shall be continued without change of
Extra Period. baskets for an extra period of five minutes, or as
many such periods of five minutes as may be necessary to break
the tie. An intermission of two minutes shall be allowed before
each extra period. Each extra period shall be considered a con-

Points.