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Originally Posted by Al Czervik
The backboard has nothing to do with goaltending. Goaltending is contacting the ball on its downward flight, above the level of the rim, with a chance to go in. On most layups, the ball is going up after it contacts the backboard. It is legal to pin the ball against the backboard if it still on the way up and not in the imaginary cylinder above the basket. Slapping the backboard is neither basket interference nor is it goaltending and points cannot be awarded. A player who strikes a backboard so forcefully that it cannot be ignored because it is an attempt to draw attention to the player, or a means of venting frustration, may be assessed a technical foul. When a player simply attempts to block a shot and accidentally slaps the backboard it is neither a violation nor is it a technical foul.
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When I was in high school, in KC, I used to go to a number of games both on the 'road' and at home and there were a couple times when our team was assessed a technical before the game, because the last 'run through' the team did before going back to the locker room before tip off, the guys would jump as high as they could and slap the glass backboard. In a few venues, this garnered a technical. I guess the above explains the rationale