Thread: Time to foul
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Old Wed Feb 07, 2007, 08:56am
bob jenkins bob jenkins is offline
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Originally Posted by Damian
I have seen just the opposite. When a team needs to foul, the other team, tries to pass around before the defense can get to them. so, many times the fouls are minor contact against the person who no longer has the ball. In these cases, I don't want to reward the defense for making bad plays by giving them the foul, stopping the clock, and perhaps able to make a play later.

Having said that, if the contact is more than just minor, then I call it.
Sometimes, Team A plays "keep away." Here, I try to call the game as we've called it all night.

Sometimes, Team A gets the ball to the best FT shooter and waits for the foul. Here, I try to call the first contact.
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