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By rule, it is a T. However, Tome is dead on. It is exceptionally hard to see absolutely no contact on these situations, much the same way where someone starts falling prior to contact on a drive to the basket, although the latter can be easily seen on film. When there is no whistle, the flopper is generally embarassed, especially if an uncontested basket occurs due to the flop. That's the time to make eye contact and say "Get up!" with derision. Going outside of rulebook mechanics, using your hands/arms to signal "get up" to the player after the play is over usually clearly conveys the message to everyone in the gym that he did flop. Almost never happens twice.
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