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Originally Posted by tref

When the ball went oops upside his head there was plenty of contact, but I'm thinking dead ball contact has to be one phsically touching another & not an object??

Yes, that is my understanding. Chucking the ball at an opponent would certainly be an unsporting foul, perhaps flagrant, and if it resulted in a fight you could argue that the act constitutes fighting. But it wouldn't be a dead ball contact technical.