<P> Near the end of the game, a team may have committed so few fouls that it can commit one or more fouls without putting the opponent in the bonus . It is said that the team has one or more fouls to give . A player who is not close to fouling out can foul an opponent with impunity to prevent a likely score . </P> <P> To keep games from being bogged down with cheap fouls, the NBA rules provide that the second foul in the final two minutes of a half puts the fouled team in the bonus (enabling free throws) regardless of the number of team fouls . </P> <P> A player who commits five personal fouls over the course of a 40 - minute game, or six in a 48 - minute game, fouls out and is disqualified for the remainder of the game . A player within one or two fouls of fouling out is in "foul trouble ." Players who foul out are not ejected and may remain in the bench area for the remainder of the game . Fouling out of a game is not a disciplinary action . </P> <P> In the NCAA and FIBA, if a team is reduced to five players by injury or ejection, and one of them commits a fifth foul (sixth in FIBA) or is ejected, play continues with that team reduced to four players . A team automatically loses the game by default if fewer than two players remain in the game . </P>

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