Sounds like it's right, technically, since they turned it into a double-foul. But I'd be pretty concerned about partners whose communication is so poor that they end up meeting at the table to report a foul and didn't even know the other also had a call. At least with lesser-experienced refs, the tendency is often to be too quick to do things. A crucial skill is to always communicate with one's partner, whether verbally or at least via eye contact, on calls--includes foul calls, OOB, violations, etc. Why WOULDN'T these guys be looking at the other after making a call? Gotta slow it down, communicate, then report if necessary. Same with granting time-outs: communicate about whose ball or who is shooting the free-throw, and THEN go report to the table. At any rate, if I found myself and my partner hurrying on this occasion, I would still try to determine (i.e., reach an agreement about) which happened first, causing the other to be incidental contact during a dead ball. Then I'd make a mental note to learn from that mistake.
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