RULE NO. 6—PUTTING BALL IN PLAY—LIVE/DEAD BALL
Section VI—Dead Ball
a. The ball becomes dead and/or remains dead when the following occurs:
(1) Held ball
(2) Ball comes to rest on the basket flange or becomes lodged between the basket ring and the backboard
(3) Time expires for the end of any period
(4) Free throw attempt for a technical foul
(5) Personal foul (punching, away-from-the-play)
(6) Free throw which is the first of multiple attempts
(7) Floor violation (traveling, 3-sec, 24-sec, 10-sec, etc.)
(8) Fighting foul
(9) Inadvertent whistle
(10) Prior to player possession out-of-bounds following a successful field goal or free throw, whereby ball is going to be put into play by a throw-in. Contact which is not considered unsportsmanlike shall be ignored. (Rule 12A—Section VI—i)
EXCEPTION: The ball does not become dead when (3) occurs with a live ball in flight.
