RF2044
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...not all contact automatically results in a foul [well, unless you're playing Duke, apparently, based upon the reactions of many of their fans--but I don't want to get off on a tangential rant].
In fact, in instances of incidental contact the foul should probably only be called if the contact adversely impacts the shooter or alters the release. Or of course, if the defender comes barreling into the shooter after the shot has been released.
None of those things happened, which is why it was a very understandable, sound non-call. Hood following through on his missed dunk that he had zero chance of making anyway and lightly brushing against Rak's arm after he already got blocked doesn't constitute a foul. It constitutes incidental contact that had ZERO bearing on the shot or how it was released.
Not all contact = a foul.
In fact, in instances of incidental contact the foul should probably only be called if the contact adversely impacts the shooter or alters the release. Or of course, if the defender comes barreling into the shooter after the shot has been released.
None of those things happened, which is why it was a very understandable, sound non-call. Hood following through on his missed dunk that he had zero chance of making anyway and lightly brushing against Rak's arm after he already got blocked doesn't constitute a foul. It constitutes incidental contact that had ZERO bearing on the shot or how it was released.
Not all contact = a foul.