NBA Jam Rule

The NBA Jam Rule was used at the 2007 Boston College trash tournament. It worked as follows:

"NBA Jam Rules:

If a team answers three tossups without the other team having answered a tossup during that time, they are considered to be "on fire". When on fire, the following rules take effect:

• 1. Converted tossups are worth 2 extra points: 12 normally, or 17 for power.
• 2. Teams on fire can use a "fire punt" once each time they are on fire. This works like a usual punt, except that you can get more than one per round by being on fire, being doused, and catching fire again.
• 3. Teams on fire can "goaltend": when the team not on fire buzzes in on a question that the team on fire has not yet answered, a member of the team on fire can call out the answer, and if they are correct before the person who has buzzed gets their answer out, the question is considered to be dead.
• 4. Teams remain on fire until the other team has successfully answered a toss-up.

Based on the criteria, a team can get a toss-up, neg on the next five questions, then get two more toss-ups and be considered to be on fire if the other team has not answered any questions during that time."