What would you do?

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Originally Posted by Camron Rust

It is always possible to violate more than one rule at a time.

Yup, just ask my wife.

Originally Posted by Rich

I think that's a stretch. Otherwise, every time someone commits an intentional foul we'd be having this discussion. That two handed push in the back? Well, it all started with an unsportsmanlike decision / act. Doesn't mean a technical foul is the right choice in that situation, either.

Like I wrote, I'm not married to the idea of a technical foul here. Where I get hung up, however, is the non-basketball element of trying to trip someone as he goes by. Part of the hang-up: I could envision a coach arguing that "he was reaching for the ball."