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Old Fri Jan 13, 2006, 04:23am
cdaref cdaref is offline
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Wow, you guys beat my story that I thought was good. My partner and I gave 3 consecutive Ts to the same player on a play that wound up being a 7 point play (hit 5 of 6 and scored on the inbounds). I cant believe you guys trumped me with an 8 point play

After a no call he thought he should have gotten A1 (white 15 in actuality) spiked the ball hard and it bounces way over the backboard in height. My partner whacks him. As my partner is moving away (I was going to report), A1 advances on my partner, swinging his arms and absolutley screaming "that is bull$hit" in the middle of the floor. I whack him for that. (if he had just muttered it or said it as he turned away I would have let it pass under the circumstances, but since he advanced into the middle of the court towards my partner and was screaming a profanity I gave him the second). Because the guy seems more mad at my partner than me, I stay tableside and report both Ts, I indicate his disqualification, make sure they go against the foul count, etc. I indicate to the coach I need a replacement. As I am doing that, now that A1 has gone to the bench he kicks a chair at the end of the bench and again screams "that is bull$h*t." I give him a third and I tell the coach it is an indirect on him and he just lost the box for the game. I told him with a "sorry about that but I had no choice" look on my face. Not a peep from the crowd. Not a peep from the coach. Coach only says "he was just frustrated with a no call." I tell him "coach, I know you teach your kids better than that." to which he says "you're right, he was totally out of line." Coach is a really good coach. In fact, the home AD even emailed the commish after I filed my ejection report and said the kid deserved it.

So the visitors hit 5 of the 6 FTs and the score on the inbounds for a total of a 7 point play. Visitors eventually win by 9. It was a 2 point game at the time of the Ts (3rd Q) and it totally changed the complexion of the game. I have gone over it in my head a bunch of times and would do it that way again.

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Anyway, back to your initial situation. If it was at the same time as the basket, I would have called it. Unless of course you can say clearly that the basket went first, then you have to ignore it. Good instincts. That is the kind of stuff that you probably didnt (and wouldnt) generally pregame so when it comes up you have to rely on your guts. Nice work.
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