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Old Tue Mar 29, 2011, 04:34pm
Camron Rust Camron Rust is offline
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Originally Posted by AllPurposeGamer View Post
Stop the clip at the 34 second mark. It clearly shows that he turned his ankle not by landing on the defender's foot but on the landing on the floor.

His toe may have landed on the floor but #44's heel was clipped by #11's foot as he was coming down causing the twist. Without #11's slight contact, #44 doesn't turn the ankle at all.

It was contact and it did prevent #44 from performing normal offensive movement, but, I still say no foul. Foot-to-foot contact in the middle of the paint during rebounding action is just part of the game. Similar contact happens dozens of times per game without incident. Just bad luck this time.
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