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My advice to you is to always put yourself in position to have a clear look at the defender in your competitive matchups, and, to have an open look at the play (i.e. you see ball and both defenders and are not blocked out by other parties). A lot of newer officials have the tendency to ref the game like they watch it as a fan, which is to always focus on the ball and on the offensive player, which will severely limit what you can see as an official.
On the play that you described, it very well could have been your partner's call, unless the drive came from your side of the court and the defender was right behind him. You were right in not calling the foul, because you didn't see it, and it's better to miss calls by relying on your partner's better look, than it is to call plays that aren't there because you're think it looks like a foul. Bottom line, go to where you can referee the D and have a good, open look at the play, which for me as L, most of the time is from the lane line maybe a step or 2 in, to about halfway between the lane line and the arc.
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