So I am the trail on a quick developing play down the court. My partner is in position running along the play. Defender big time bodies the offensive player in the air as the two come running down the lane, both players go to the floor.
There is a small delay, so I am about to whistle it from half court, but the hand comes up and he gets a whistle. He then pauses for what seems like an eternity and comes up with (wait for it....) an offensive foul. The defensive player never had anything that resembled position. This happens bench side in front of the offensive head coach who immediately loses it.
It is obviously the wrong call, the coach is screaming. I give him a hard look on the way to the table to see if he would like a quick conference but he goes right by me.
He ends up having to T the coach. Is there anything that I could/should have done to prevent this situation? It really made the last 6:30 of the game difficult to work.
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