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Old Tue May 29, 2007, 11:35pm
Camron Rust Camron Rust is offline
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Originally Posted by BillyMac
AIt is legal to hang on the ring if a player is avoiding an injury to himself or herself or another player.
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The player should still charged with basket interference if they are grasping the rim when the ball is on or in the basket. Protection from inury only eliminates the technical foul.
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