Oden Intentional Foul

[mick]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

Still, I think he deliberately held on to the rim for an advantage...but that is not part of the rule.

10-3
A player shall not:
5. Illegally contact the backcoard or ring by:
(a) placing a hand on the backboard or ring to gain an advantage.

The player wasn't looking to prevent injury, he was looking to the ball, methinks.

[tomegun]

He was moving one way and hanging on the rim stopped his momentum so he could remain in the play. You can easily apply the rule Mick quoted above.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by mick

10-3
A player shall not:
5. Illegally contact the backcoard or ring by:
(a) placing a hand on the backboard or ring to gain an advantage.

The player wasn't looking to prevent injury, he was looking to the ball, methinks.

While the injury prevention question is certainly not conclusive, the rule you now quote is sufficient....I can agree with that.

The only thing I could imagine is that refs didn't see it, they didn't feel an advantage was gained, the personal foul occurred before an advantaged was gained, or that they felt the personal foul sufficiently penalized the situation.

[mick]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

The only thing I could imagine is that refs didn't see it, they didn't feel an advantage was gained, the personal foul occurred before an advantaged was gained, or that they felt the personal foul sufficiently penalized the situation.

Yeah. I can imagine Lead looking at the contact [not the rim] and Center not getting a good look.
There surely was some stuff happening on that play.

But then, by choosing an applicable rule, we were only playing: "What if we had had a great look".