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Old Wed Aug 27, 2014, 06:30am
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Originally Posted by Camron Rust View Post
Hopefully not. It was entirely unnecessary.
It kept the defensive players in the lane from contacting the free thrower, who is forced, by rule, to maintain his position, forcing the official to decide if any contact was incidental, or illegal.

Otherwise, it's real easy to box out a shooter when he can't, by rule, go around you.
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