Article 40
Fighting
A fight is an act of physical violence that may include punching, kicking or aggressive pushing. If after a fight all penalties have cancelled each other, the team which was in the control of the ball or was entitled to the ball when the fight started shall be awarded a throw-in from the place nearest to where the ball was located when the fight started. The team shall have the time remaining on the shot clock when the game was stopped.
Team A has possession of the ball for
The game shall be resumed with a team A throw-in, which controlled the ball before the fight situation started, from the place nearest to where the ball was located when the fight situation started with
A team’s head coach shall be charged with a single technical foul for a disqualification of the head coach, the first assistant coach (if one or both do not assist the referees to maintain or to restore order), any substitute, any excluded player or any accompanying delegation member for leaving the team bench area during a fight. If the technical foul includes the disqualification of the head coach, it shall be entered on the scoresheet against that head coach as a ‘D ’. If the technical foul includes only the disqualification(s) of other persons permitted to sit on the team bench, it shall be entered against the head coach as a ‘B ’ or ‘BD ’. The penalty shall be 2 free throws with no line-up and possession of the ball for the opponents. For each additional disqualifying foul, the penalty shall be 2 free throws with no lineup and possession of the ball for the opponents. All penalties shall be administered unless there are equal penalties against both teams to be cancelled. In this case, the game shall be resumed from the throw-in line in the team’s frontcourt as for any other disqualifying foul. The opposing team shall have 14 seconds on the shot clock.
During a fight A6 enters the court. A6 shall be disqualified.
A6’s disqualification shall be entered against A6 as a ‘D’ and the remaining foul spaces shall be entered as an ‘F’. The team A head coach shall be charged with a technical foul, entered against that head coach as a ‘B ’. Any team B player shall attempt 2 free throws with no line-up. The game shall be resumed with a team B throw-in from the throw-in line in its frontcourt opposite the scorer’s table. Team B shall have 14 seconds on the shot clock.
A1 and B1 start a fight on the court. A6 and B6 enter the court but do not get involved in the fight. A7 also enters the court and punches B1 in the face.
A1 and B1 shall be disqualified, entered against them as a ‘D ’. A7 shall be disqualified, entered against A7 as a ‘D ’. A7’s remaining foul spaces on the scoresheet shall be entered as an ‘F’. A6 and B6 shall be disqualified for entering the court during a fight, entered against them as a ‘D’. A6’s and B6’s remaining foul spaces on the scoresheet shall be entered as an ‘F’. The team A head coach and the team B head coach shall be charged with technical fouls, entered against them as a ‘B ’. The penalties for both disqualifying fouls (A1, B1) and both technical fouls (A6, B6) shall cancel each other. A7’s disqualifying foul penalty for an active involvement in the fight, entered against A7 as a ‘D ’, shall be administered. The substitute for B1 shall attempt 2 free throws with no line-up. The game shall be resumed with a team B throw-in from the throw-in line in its frontcourt opposite the scorer’s table. Team B shall have 14 seconds on the shot clock.
A1 and B1 start a fight on the court. A6 and the team A manager enter the court and get actively involved in the fight.
A1 and B1 shall be disqualified, entered against them as a ‘D ’. The penalties for both disqualifying fouls (A1, B1) shall cancel each other. The team A head coach shall be charged with a technical foul, entered against that head coach as a ‘B ’ for A6 and the team A manager leaving the team bench area. A6 shall be disqualified for an active involvement in the fight, entered against A6 as a ‘D ’. A6’s remaining foul spaces shall be entered on the scoresheet as an ‘F’. The team A manager’s disqualifying foul for an active involvement in the fight shall be charged and entered against the team head coach, entered against the team head coach as a ‘BD ’ and shall not count towards the head coach’s possible game disqualification. Any team B player(s) shall attempt 6 free throws with no line-up (2 free throws for the team A head coach technical foul for A6 and the team A manager leaving their team bench area; 2 free throws for A6’s disqualification for an active involvement in the fight; and 2 free throws for the team A head coach’s technical foul for the team A manager’s disqualification for an active involvement in the fight). The game shall be resumed with a team B throw-in from the throw-in line in its frontcourt opposite the scorer’s table. Team B shall have 14 seconds on the shot clock.
The team A head coach leaves the team bench area and gets actively involved in a fight on the court by strongly pushing B1.
The team A head coach shall be charged with a disqualifying foul for leaving the team bench area and not assisting the referees to restore order, entered on the scoresheet against the team A head coach as a ‘D ’. The team A head coach shall not be charged with another disqualifying foul for an active involvement in the fight. The team A head coach’s remaining foul spaces shall be entered on the scoresheet as an ‘F’. Any team B player shall attempt 2 free throws with no line-up. The game shall be resumed with a team B throw-in from the throw-in line in its frontcourt opposite the scorer’s table. Team B shall have 14 seconds on the shot clock.
During a time-out some substitutes or accompanying delegation members of either team enter the court, remaining within the vicinity of their team bench area. At that time a situation which may lead to the fight occurs on the court and