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Originally Posted by HokiePaul
I'm not sure this is correct - if the punch occurs while the ball is live -- the rulebook language is that fighting is a flagrant "act".
There is also this case play from a few years back
10.4.5 SITUATION A: Post-players A1 and B1 begin punching each other and
play is stopped. Two substitutes from each team leave the bench area and come onto the court. The four substitutes: (a) do not become involved in the fight; (b)all become involved in the fight; or (c) substitutes A6, A7, and B6 do not participate in the fight, but B7 becomes involved in the fight. RULING: A1 and B1 are charged with flagrant fouls and are disqualified, but no free throws result from the double personal flagrant fouls...
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The late great Jurassic Referee and I took opposite sides of this same argument several years ago. Couple of problems with this: First, it says they are punching each other. Did they punch at the exact same time? If not, then certainly the first contact would cause the ball to be dead, so.....
More importantly, this case play is not even about personal fouls, but rather about the substitutes leaving the bench.