Long as they're not on the floor. I don't see where we could have any jurisdiction. I have been in some gyms where fans are pretty close to the court, in fact, it gets pretty tight in some places. I'm wondering if the ref didn't think it was a disadvantage to the visiting team because no one had set or stood there previously. Now, near the end of the game you got rowdy fans in a place where they where not before and in front of where the visiting team is shooting F/T's. That tactic might not go over too good late in the game, in the spirit of fair play of course. If they had been there the whole game thru, no problem, no new conditions to have to deal with.
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