00:00The basket this allowed for Towns is a controversial topic because many people think a serious mistake was made here.
00:05Even in the video itself, I said that the ball did not leave the cylinder, so it was the right
00:08decision by the referees.
00:09And I'll also explain why there's confusion, because in Europe, this is allowed.
00:13You can't touch the ball after it hits the rim and put it back in, even if it's right above
00:16the hoop.
00:16Nebo alone scored a crazy number of baskets like that this year.
00:19The main difference is that in the NBA, it's not allowed.
00:22As long as the ball has hit the rim, until it completely leaves the cylinder, meaning the hoop itself, you
00:27can't touch it.
00:28Neither on defense, nor on offense.
00:30This basically creates an imaginary rim above the actual hoop.
00:34And the moment you touch the ball, when the ball has bounced on the rim and it's above this hoop
00:38and hasn't clearly and fully left to one of the sides,
00:40it's considered basket interference if you're on the offensive team, or it's counted as a basket if you're on the
00:44defensive team.
00:45So the referees were right and disallowing the basket was justified.
