5 weird NBA rules you didn't know about - Part 1

#4 The foul-out rule with a twist

This rule has not been used in the NBA yet

If a player receives his sixth foul but there are no eligible players remaining on the bench, the said player can remain on the court, or be replaced by one of the non-ejected players on the bench who may have fouled out like the concerned player (an ejected player has received a flagrant 2 and has to head down to the locker room, while a fouled-out player can still watch the game from the bench).

However, every foul committed by this player or the player replacing him will be counted as a personal, a team as well as a technical foul, meaning that the opposition team will receive 3 free throws instead of 2 for a blocking foul on a 2-pointer, and 4 free throws instead of 3 for a blocking foul on a 3-pointer.

This rule hasn't been used in the NBA, but college basketball has a different set of rules which makes the game a 4v5 for the fouling team.