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Originally Posted by JRutledge
Do you have video tape? Either your description is not clear to me or I would like to see what happened first. Because not being vertical only matters when contact takes place with the non-vertical parts of your body. It sounds to me like the issue is what happened first.
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I don't have a tape. Just pretend that the offensive post player is bent over and that the defender has his body hovering over the offensive player's bent body. (This is the kind of situation that happens when a small offensive post player accidentally drops the ball, bends over, and then rises up and makes contact with the defender).
Here is a rule from FIBA:
Post play
The principle of verticality (cylinder principle) applies also to post play.
The offensive player in the post position and the defensive player guarding him must respect each other's rights to a vertical position (cylinder).