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SteveM, you were right to signal. The lead typically does not have responsibility for any 3-point shots (and should not mirror her/his partners signals), but the officials manual does give the lead a responsibility to help on 3-point shots in certain fast-break situations (and the description you gave would qualify). Good job.
Part of the confusion here, I think, is over ChristianHog's use of the term "lead." The newspaper story that was exerpted said that the officiating crew chief, who was the closest to the shot, was the official who signaled that the shot should be counted as two points. The exerpted story also said that the shot took place "around the top of the key." The lead official, barring fast-break or unusual situations not described here, would not be the closest to the shot at the top of the key. Thus, I think ChristianHog may have described the crew chief as the "lead" official.
Since the exerpted story does say that two officials signal the shot as a three-point basket, something is amiss. Either the lead mirrored the center or trail (which shouldn't have happened), or the center and trail both signaled a 3-point basket on a transition/fast break scenario in which the lead was helping out with where the shot was coming from, in which case I'm not sure why they would both signal the 3-point shot if the lead said it was 2.
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