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[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by just another ref

The contact in the above play as described is, by definition, illegal. If it is the custom in your area to ignore this contact (foul) under certain circumstances, (ball "cleanly" blocked out of bounds) so long as it is acceptable to all parties involved, I suppose this is fine. But it is difficult to support the position that this is not, by rule, a foul.

This is not about a rule, this is about judgment. A blocked shot is going to be very hard to expect player(s) fall and if the falling is the only part that say should be a foul, you need to show me the rule that says so. You will not find one.

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