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Unsportsmanlike conduct outside the scope of the game, such as taunting, profanity, using offensive racial slurs, or conduct toward an official. A personal foul committed by a player who has fouled out of the game but is readmitted to the game because of the lack of substitutes. Breaking the backboard by performing an excessive slam dunk.
Shattering a backboard can be dangerous, sending various small pieces of the backboard glass flying over the players, sideline press personnel, referees, and spectators. In the National Basketball Association (NBA), shattering a backboard during a game is penalized with a "non-unsportsmanlike" technical foul and a possible fine towards the ...
It is an accepted basketball strategy for a trailing team to commit fouls intentionally late in a game, in an attempt to regain possession of the ball while minimizing how much time elapses on the game clock. A common personal foul gives the fouling team a chance to regain possession of the ball by rebounding a missed free throw.
Police were called to break up the fights, and the game was canceled. Fans of rival high schools brawl at halftime of basketball game, Indiana videos show Skip to main content
During Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals between the Boston Celtics and Detroit Pistons at the Pontiac Silverdome, fans began throwing ice and beer cups onto the court after Larry Bird was ejected for responding to a hard foul by Bill Laimbeer by throwing at least two punches and the basketball at Laimbeer's head. Fans continued to throw ...
In basketball, a personal foul is a breach of the rules that concerns illegal personal contact with an opponent. It is the most common type of foul in basketball. A player fouls out on reaching a limit on personal fouls for the game and is disqualified from participation in the remainder of the game.
The 17-year-old was leaving a high school basketball game with a friend, Tuesday night, Nov. 12, when someone fired multiple shots into their vehicle, striking the student-athlete.
An instance where many technical fouls could have been called, but were not (instead, the game was abandoned, a remedy available to the officials when too many players would have or have been disqualified or ejected for the game to continue, or when a team continually commits technical fouls in order to make a travesty of proceedings), was the ...