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Originally Posted by mick
10-3
A player shall not:
5. Illegally contact the backcoard or ring by:
(a) placing a hand on the backboard or ring to gain an advantage.
The player wasn't looking to prevent injury, he was looking to the ball, methinks.
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While the injury prevention question is certainly not conclusive, the rule you now quote is sufficient....I can agree with that.
The only thing I could imagine is that refs didn't see it, they didn't feel an advantage was gained, the personal foul occurred before an advantaged was gained, or that they felt the personal foul sufficiently penalized the situation.