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I saw it and wondered too.The tv replay shows the ball definitely out of the shooter's hands with time on the clock.However,Yahoo Sports already has a story up on it.According to Bernie Fryer,who made the call,the officials had met during the TO to discuss the play coming up.They agreed that if they got a catch-turn-shoot sequence in the 0.7 seconds that were left,they weren't going to count the basket--no matter what the clock said.They felt that that sequence was impossible to do in so little time.That's exactly what happened,and that's why they waved it off.I bet the league office will back them on this call,too.The explanation sounds reasonable to me.
[Edited by Jurassic Referee on Apr 27th, 2002 at 06:10 PM]
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