The Rule is that it's a dead ball as soon as the whistle blows...none of us could figure out how the refs justified allowing it to count especially since we also agreed had he missed, they'd have no choice but to give him another FT.
Imagine an inadvertent whistle during action where the shooter knocks in a '3' a full 2 seconds after the whistle. Of course, it wouldn't count. This really isn't any different. Whistle. Stop. Nothing counts until the ball is 'live' again.
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I shaved my balls for this?
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