Here's my two cents. It sounds like this happened during a dead ball to me. You ignore contact during a dead ball unless it is intentional or flagrant. Certainly, this wasn't intentional, but was it flagrant?
I'm not saying it was, but here's some points to consider.
1) I'm not sure you can have a flagrant foul without there being the intent to foul, which wasn't there in this case
2) Seemingly contrary to statement 1 - you can define a flagrant act (and therefore a flagrant foul) as one that intends to injure another player (not the case here) or as an act that displays disregard for the safety of another player. You could make a case that anytime someone pumps their fist in the air, there is a chance they may make hard contact and therefore the act of pumping it displays disregard for the safety of others.
As I said, I'm not sure I agree that this should have been a foul call, but a foul call here (flagrant technical) may be defensible.
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