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Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

I'm not using the "it's a rule so you have to call it" argument. Officiating would be a heckuva lot easier if we could make it that simple, but unfortunately the game doesn't work that way. That's what makes basketball such a difficult game to officiate imo. Some rules have to be called all of the time without any possible "common sense" criteria attached to it.. Stepping OOB is one of those. Backcourt violations are another. Some rules may be applied strictly as written some of the time. Examples might be 3 seconds, 10 seconds for a FT shooter, etc. And these "some of the time" circumstances might also vary depending on different situations also.

I don't know whether that makes any sense to you or not, but that's my take on what happened. Stepping OOB is a gotta-get call. If(and the key word is "if") the player stepped on the line, then some kind of call had to be made.

Again, jmo.

Well gosh darn...i completely agree with you. Good night everyone, drive safe!