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Originally Posted by bucky
Is it possible that the backboard is old and has the extension way lower than the rim?
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Doesn't look like it. I think he was high enough to hit the rim with his head...making him higher than the bottom of even the newest backboards.
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Originally Posted by bucky
Also, looks as if 14 white has an illegal sleeve on.
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Some places don't enforce that.
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Also, how about a T on 14 white for grabbing/retracting the rim during a dead ball? lol.
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Yep, he clearly does so and well after any reasonable chance at playing the ball. He had no reason to even jump, much less grab the rim once he was there.
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Originally Posted by bucky
Lastly, where was the foul? I got good block.
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Defender's thigh was on the shooters left shoulder/arm displacing the shooter, preventing the shooter from being able to jump normally, and also accelerating the defender farther up as a result ....all before the block occurred.
Look at it carefully and you'll see the defender's jump maxing out then accelerating into the backboard. His original jump would have had him landing short of hitting his head. The only way that changed was through contact.
The problem is that there was no official in position to see the play clearly. The L only arrived after it was over.