Basketball Rules

• Official Basketball Rules
  
• Two Person Officiating - Guidelines
  

Please note the following amendments to the Official Basketball Rules that was implemented by FIBA & Basketball Australia on 1 st October 2005

1. If the request for a time-out or a substitution is made before the ball is at the disposal of a player for a throw-in following the free throw(s), the time out or the substitution shall be granted for both teams if the last or only free throw is successful.
2. If a free throw(s) is followed by a throw-in at the centre line extended, opposite the scorer’s table, the time-out or the substitution shall be granted after the last free throw for both teams whether the last free throw is successful or not.
3. During the last two (2) minutes of the fourth (4th) period or each extra-period, if a time out is granted:

• To the non-scoring team after the valid field goal,
• To the team that has been awarded the possession of the ball in its back court, the throw-in, following the time-out, shall be administrated at the centre line extended, opposite the scorer’s table. The player taking the throw-in shall be entitled to pass the ball to a team-mate at any place on the playing court.