Questionable Call

[JohnDorian37]

I have a hard time accepting that this is an intentional foul. I understand a foul during a dead ball should carry that label, but if the defender had already started the "fouling action" and was committed to it before the ball became dead...

Logically this seems like it should just be a travel violation followed by a regular personal foul on the defender. I can't prove that from the rules, though.

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by JohnDorian37

Logically this seems like it should just be a travel violation followed by a regular personal foul on the defender. I can't prove that from the rules, though.

Logically, that's impossible. The travel makes the ball dead, and you can't have a personal foul during a dead ball (with 2 exceptions, neither of which applies here).

If you call a foul, it must be a technical. And we ignore dead-ball contact unless it's intentional or flagrant.