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I have looked thru the NBA rule book and casebook and cannot find anything that would allow this by the strict definitions of the rule.
That being said--I wonder if they were protecting the receiver/dunker here and penalizing the defense.
I thought about this play and wonder what I would call in any game if the same play happened.
We know it is not continuous motion or continuation but do we want to allow the defense to foul an offensive player who is going for the ball in a vulnerable position like this to get fouled?
If you call the foul, the kid catches the ball mid air and dunks it, it a dead ball dunking....Would any one call this?
If they blew the rule, they will be fined. But I willbe curious to see if the league puts something out on aplay like this. We will have to wait and see.
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