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Originally Posted by Nevadaref
Yes, the contact would be ignored if it does not qualify as intentional or flagrant, but please note that excessive contact even while going for the ball meets the definition of an intentional foul.
4-19-3
... A foul also shall be ruled intentional if while playing the ball a player
causes excessive contact with an opponent.
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Absolutely true.
However, bringing that back to the OP, you have to ask yourself if you would have called that foul intentional if there wasn't the TO/dead ball thing to consider. If not, then we have nothing. Except a timeout. And a stretcher for little Angus.