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Originally Posted by OKREF
4-45 does say that neither the defense nor the offense may violate the others vertical plane and cause contact. It does look like the contact would have been avoided had the offensive player not jumped into the defenses vertical plane and caused the contact. The offense iniatied the contact by jumping into the defensive player.
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He wasn't vertical, though. He jumped in the direction of the shooter.
I'm amused by this thread. This is an easy, easy foul. I can't believe anyone would even entertain rewarding the defender for getting faked out this way.