Is it a foul?

[Slider]

Originally posted by fisherj
B1 blocks the shot with ball only contact. The ball makes contact with the head of A1 the shooter while the hand of B1 is still in contact with the ball. The resulting impact sends A1 to the floor. B1 never is in contact with anything other than the ball.

If B1 was Shaq swinging hard downward, and A1 was J.J. from Good Times (a beanpole), then conceivably the hit by B1 could be so forceful that it knocks A1 down. In that rare instance, I have a foul on B1.

[I meant foul on B1]

[I also wouldn't call this a foul unless the contact was excessive, i.e., an intentional personal foul, OR flagrant]

[Edited by Slider on Feb 4th, 2002 at 04:07 PM]