AboutBill Gorman Expertise Areas from the present days Knicks and back to the 1997 season.
Experience I got courtside seats to a Knicks Minnesota game at MSG. I had a Knicks home made web site that was rated the top 10 best Knick sites on the web, and I was dicovered from ALLEXPERTS.COM when they originated for my site expertise.
Expert: Bill Gorman Date: 5/13/2000 Subject: Rules of the game
Question I know many Knicks fans and they are all extremely upset about the outcome of the game with the Heat tonight. They began to make excuses and said it was illegal to shoot from behind the basket. I`d tried to explain the rules, but they did not believe me. Please clarify the legality of a behind the backboard shot when it doesn`t touch the back of the backboard. Larry Bird`s shot was never disputed. Thanks for the clarification and sharing your knowledge.
Answer Whats up Mickey. Ahhh the controversal call on Anthony Carter. Ill tell you what. It is VERY CLOSE. The rules say that it cannot carry OVER the backboard. Carter cam very close, but On a special on TNT, they froze the ball on its peak, and drew a line fron the top of the backboard, and to the ball, a vertical line, that is. Now, the rule is that if the ball goes over this line even a little bit (like if a puck goes over the goal lin a centimeter it is a goal), it is considered illegal. And in fact, the ball did break that vertical line. So, it is said to be illegal. So, the shot looked like it just barely was legal, when in fact, it broke the imaginary plane. So, JVG and Sprewell were right. Hope I answered the question. If you have any more questions, please tell me!
