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    • On Ball Defenders
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    • Other Block / Charge plays
    • Verticality
      • Legal Defensive plays, Defenders jump vertically
      • Defensive fouls, Defenders do not jump vertically
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    • Legal Post Defense
  • Screens
    • Illegal Screens
      • Pick’n Rolls
      • Off Ball Screens
      • Handoff Screens
      • Back Screens
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    • Offensive Player Hooks Defender with Off Arm
    • Offensive Player Veering into Defender
    • Overt Leg Kick vs Natural Shooting Motion
    • Rip Throughs
      • Away From the Basket
      • Side to Side Movement
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    • Shooter Launches into Defender at Abnormal Angle
  • Other Fouls
    • Other Fouls by Defensive Players
      • Handcheck
      • Straight-Line Pathway Plays
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      • Fouls in the Act of Shooting
      • Closeouts on Jump Shots – High-Five
      • Closeouts on Jump Shots – Landing Space
    • Other Fouls by Offensive Players
      • Offense Initiated Contact – On Ball
      • Offense Initiated Contact – Off Ball
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    • Other Fouls – Fouls in Transition
      • Clear Path to the Basket Fouls
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    • Other Fouls – Loose Ball Fouls
      • Other Loose Ball Fouls
  • Flagrant Fouls
    • Flagrant Foul, Penalty 1
      • Flagrant 1’s by offensive players
      • Flagrant 1’s by defensive players
    • Flagrant Foul, Penalty 2
    • Hard Fouls that are not Flagrant
  • Technical Fouls
    • Bench Conduct
      • Legal Action
      • Delay of Game
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    • Respect for the Game Technicals
      • Overt Gestures
      • Legal Reactions
    • Other Technical Fouls
      • Taunting
      • Hanging on the Rim
      • Dead-ball contact
      • Throwing/Kicking Ball into the Stands
      • Other Technicals
  • Traveling
    • Traveling
      • Traveling on the Perimeter
      • Traveling in the Post
      • Traveling on the Drive
      • Other Traveling
    • Discontinued Dribble
  • Violations
    • Flopping
      • Flopping Penalty
      • Not a Flopping Penalty
    • Free Throw Violations
    • Offensive 3 Seconds
    • Defensive 3 Seconds
    • Jump Ball Violations
    • Offensive Basket Interference
    • Goaltending
    • Backcourt Violations
    • Inbound Violations
    • Delay of Game Violations
    • Other Violations
  • Table Stats
    • Steal
    • Turnover
    • Block
    • Rebound
    • Assist
    • Atypical

Rebound, defensive rebound of unsuccessful field goal attempt

20_TS_019_Reb_Seq_DHoward_vo_2

Rebound, defensive rebound of unsuccessful field goal attempt, defender deliberately taps ball to teammate

20_TS_021_Reb_Seq_Sabonis_vo

Rebound, defensive rebound of unsuccessful field goal attempt, defender deliberately taps ball to teammate

20_TS_020_Reb_Seq_DRose_vo

Rebound, defensive rebound of unsuccessful field goal attempt, defender deliberately taps ball to teammate

20_TS_022_Reb_Seq_DGraham_vo

Rebound, offensive rebound of unsuccessful field goal attempt, initial back tap was not deliberate,

20_TS_023_Reb_Seq_TBurke_vo

Double Free Throw Violation, multiple players from both teams enter lane

20_VI_093_Seq_multiple_vo

Free Throw Violation, defensive player enters from above three-point line

20_VI_080_Seq_Teague_vo

Free Throw Violation, defensive player enters lane

20_VI_078_Seq_JAllen_vo

Free Throw Violation, Disconcertion, defensive player moves into spot during shot

20_VI_081_Seq_Niang_vo

Free Throw Violation, shooter breaks plane before ball hits rim

20_VI_076_Seq_JaJohnson_vo

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