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Originally posted by tmp44
Side note: great job by Crawford on the three at the end of the half.
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Do you mean that he did a great job with the TV monitor?
He didn't make a call at all during the live action. While I agree that the TV replay is the best way to handle these last shot situations because it enables the call to be correct almost every time, it certainly takes away from the task of officiating.
IMO he would have to have made the call during live action to get any credit.
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Originally posted by BktBallRef
Did you see the double dribble that Doug Collins wanted called on Shaq in the 2nd half?
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Yep, and I love how he definitively stated that you can't do that. He was so sure of himself. I'm starting to wonder if all TV announcers are sent to a training school which instructs them to act like this whenever they don't have a clue. I'll admit that don't know the specifics of the NBA rules, but I can say that it wouldn't be a double dribble in NFHS.
4-15-4 NOTE 3: It is a dribble when a player stands still and bounces the ball.
It is not a dribble when a player stands still and holds the ball and touches it to the floor once or more than once.