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The player fell because he had a defender block his shot. Not necessarily because of contact afterward.
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The force that made the shooter fall in my opinion had little to do with body contact created by the defender.
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In the revised play, now we know it was because of contact afterward.
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The initial contact is all ball up top. This doesn't absolve the defender of a foul (I would call one if I thought the defender solidly landed on top of the shooter, for example), but I'll let a bit more subsequent contact down below go when the block is that clean up top.
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Now that there was no block,clean or otherwise, does that change things?
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If the shot attempt is altered by the contact, if the player is put at a disadvantage in making the shot attempt, I'll call the foul.
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The shot attempt was not altered, and there was no disadvantage in making the attempt, so this play can never be a foul?