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Originally Posted by BillyMac
From my Funk and Wagnalls:
Vertical: at right angles to a horizontal plane.
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You cannot use the mathematical definition of a word which is being used to describe human movement in a basketball game. You need to understand it in a basketball sense. If you go with the math definition, you end up with the absurd conclusion that a player should be penalized for having his arms at only 89 degrees instead of a perfect right angle.