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Originally Posted by maven

Short answer to the highlighted question: because that's when the new series begins.

Longer answer: we have 3 real-world time intervals (not clock-time) to consider:

1. The time before a series ends (for instance, by reaching or failing to reach the LTG).
2. The time after a series ends and the new series begins.
3. The time after a new series begins.

In the context of your question, there are no dead ball fouls during (1), because the ball is live.

So dead ball fouls occur during (2) and (3), and they are penalized accordingly.

You might not like how it works, but it's certainly logically consistent.

Put that way, I guess my point is that item number 2 should not exist. The new series should begin the instant the old one ends.