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Originally Posted by CK
In a close game with little time left or at any time in a game , just more so in the prior rather than the latter, it seems that team A is penalized more by being moved further out from their own basket. Or maybe you can just call this smart defense.
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Ball location isn't nearly the advantage in basketball that it is in football. Granted, some teams may have a tough throw-in play from under the basket, but any foul at the division line during such a throw-in is likely going to involve a throw towards the division line, indicating they weren't exactly using their genius throw-in play to begin with.
Obviously, the OP is a bit different in that it was before the TI pass was released. As tref noted, this may well be an intentional foul; or even possibly contact you want to pass on depending on whether it affects the play.