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Old Tue Feb 19, 2019, 05:34pm
BillyMac BillyMac is offline
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On Purpose ...

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Originally Posted by bob jenkins View Post
... near half court, an "on-purpose" swerve and "slamming on the brakes".
That's fair. Now lets look a very similar situation but take away the "on purpose" part:

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Originally Posted by SD Referee View Post
I've seen players in transition suddenly stop and pull the ball out in an attempt to run the offense. They have been run over by a defensive player hustling up court to get back on defense.
I don't believe that there aren't too many of us who are going to count steps and call a player control blocking (illegal screen) foul on a dribbler who changes direction and slows down in an attempt to run the offense and is plowed into by a defender from behind.
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