Foul with ball dead and clock running

[rainmaker]

Originally posted by Mark Padgett

No, it's late so I'm tormenting my wife.

Anyway, NF 4-19-1 note "Contact after the ball has become dead is ignored unless it is ruled intentional or flagrant or is committed by or on an airborne shooter." If it is ruled intentional or flagrant during a dead ball, then it is a technical foul against that player (NF 10-3-9). Of course, a flagrant foul, regardless of whether personal or technical, includes ejection.

Just reading this rule when Mark posts it. It's interesting that the interpretation is "ignore contact unless it's really bad", as opposed to "any contact is a technical" which is what one hears sometimes. (hint, hint, Joe)