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Originally posted by BOBBYMO
Who's Primary did the ball come from when it was heading towords the 1/2 court line? C or T ?
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I know what you are thinking, but this was not one of those plays where the ball came from deep in the C's primary and flew out to mid-court. It was out there the whole time.
Here are the details.
The ball was being held out high by an AZ guard. He was on the C's side of the court a couple of steps away from both the division line and the sideline. The C was top of the key extended or maybe a little higher, watching the play. Remember, AZ is ahead by 8 with 2 minutes to play, so they are in a spread offense attempting to run some clock.
The defender slapped the ball away from the AZ player who, in his attempt to recover it, then slapped it down to the floor himself. All replays I saw show that the ball bounced in the frontcourt after he hit it. When he caught to ball, still standing very near to where he started, the C called the backcourt violation. Again, the T, who was standing directly on the division line on the opposite side of the court, did not have a whistle.