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Originally posted by Bart Tyson
I agree in most cases this is a foul. However, if this type of contact is not a foul by the basket, why should it be a foul at half court.
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Because of what happened after the contact. It's not that it was at half-court, it's that the contact caused the player to step on the division line. Thus, the contact put the player at a disadvantage -- it's a foul.
The same would be true if the contact by the basket caused the player to step on the boundary line.