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by smokey888 on January 22nd, 2006

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Why is it a defensive foul if an offensive player speeds up and runs into a defensive player?

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  • by MoZamboni on June 16th, 2006

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    When a defensive player's feet are planted, he legally makes himself an avoidable player on the court, and if the offensive player makes major contact with him, it was an avoidable event and the foul is accessed to the offensive player, as he initiated the contact.

    Now if the defensive player is NOT set, he effectively initiates the contact because the offensive player could, by rule, NOT avoid said event, therefore the defensive player initiated contact, often times referred to as BLOCKING (Blocking the impedence of the offensive player illegally)

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