Foul NOT in the act of shooting, foul occurs BEFORE gather and start of upward motion Foul NOT in the act of shooting, foul occurs AFTER gather but BEFORE start of upward motion Transition Take Foul, Defender does not make a legitimate attempt to play defense
“This is an example of a defensive foul, committed before the start of the upward shooting motion by the offensive player. The defensive player, Collin Gillespie, initiates illegal contact with the offensive player, Anthony Edwards, after the offensive player has gathered the ball, but BEFORE he has started his upward motion to shoot. On shots taken outside the lower defensive box, the act of shooting begins after the offensive player has both gathered the ball and started his upward motion to shoot. Those prerequisites are not met here, and therefore, this is not a foul in the act of shooting.”