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Originally Posted by frezer11
I get your point, and am not denying the knee is there, but it has NOTHING to do with why that defender goes to the ground. His knee didn't push the leg out giving the illusion of a slip, that player just flat out slipped.
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There is no way you can say that definitively. The
offensive player loses his footing immediately after the contact, no matter how slight. There is a strong case to be made the contact affected his balance.
Looks like a really tough call in real time. But on replay I think there is not only a knee but a slight body bump as well, which is a point of emphasis- at least in NFHS- this year.
Does this kind of contact, and more, happen all the time in the post at that level? Of course. But again, there is support for illegal contact by a defender resulting in a ball handler losing his balance.
That along with two officials immediately having the same thing. I'm deferring to them on this.