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Originally posted by jking_94577
Does anyone know what happens if a defensive foul is called? Then the person with the ball runs into a set defender during the continuation motion and still has time to flip up a shot that goes in? How many fouls are called and does the bucket count?
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By the book...
Both fouls are called. The shot is canceled since the shooter (A1) committed a player control foul against B2. The shooter is awarded 2 FTs since for being fouled (by B1) while in the act of shooting. The FTs are taken with the lane cleared. After the last FT s attempted, B gets the ball OOB at the spot nearest the PC foul.
In practice...
Both are
RARELY called. In many cases, the foul by B1 contributes to the contact of A1 on B2. Thus, there is no grounds for charging A1 with a foul that is a direct result of contact from B1.
If the contact by B1 is rather minor and A1 is clearly about the plow through B2, I'm ignoring the contact by B1 and calling only the PC foul. Reason? The minor contact by B1 didn't have and bearing on the play. It didn't alter the advantage/disadvantage balance that existed.
A1 being fouled does not grant A1 a "get-out-of-jail-free" card. The priviledge A1 has of completing a shot comes at the cost of remaining responsible for any subsequent contact A1 causes. If A1 is fouled, it certainly doesn't grant A1 the permission to knock B2 out of the way to get a better shot.
I often use the same principle (deterining which of two possible fouls the call) when two defenders foul a shooter at about the same time. Whichever one made the biggest difference gets the foul, not necessarily the one that made contact first.
[Edited by Camron Rust on May 21st, 2003 at 05:20 PM]