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While the rules on double foul might support that call, it seems that the Article 2 under incidental contact strongly discourages it.
Contact which occurs unintentionally in an effort by an opponent to reach a loose ball, or such contact which may result when opponents are in equally favorable positions to perform normal defensive or offensive movements, should not be considered illegal, even though the contact may be severe.
To have a personal foul, you must impair the ability to perform normal offensive and defensive movements. The double personal foul is a simultaneous violation and affects both players' ability to perform normal offensive or defensive movements. The incidental contact provision strongly suggests that you do not have a foul when players have contact (even severe) from equally favorable positions. It seems to me that the double foul then applies to more intentional violations, like simultaneous pushes, a push and grab occurring simultaneously, etc.
Two players going strong for the ball and colliding with no advantage either way, no call in my book.
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