[mbyron]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

A1 is shooting a jump shot and while airborne is fouled by B1. After A1 returns to the floor but before the ball goes through the basket, A1 is fouled again by B1. The ball then goes through the basket. When reporting the fouls, the official is told by the scorer that the original foul on B1 is his fifth personal.

Here's the puzzle. The subsequent foul by B1 was for contact during a live ball because the ball had not yet gone through the basket, therefore it was still a live ball, so that foul cannot be a technical. So.....can B1 be charged with six personal fouls?

That's the fallacy right there.