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Old Thu Jun 12, 2008, 08:25am
BktBallRef BktBallRef is offline
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Originally Posted by BadNewsRef
Back in my first 2-3 years of officiating I was working post/base level military basketball tournament. Both my partners were veteran officials who had some college officiating experience. I had a 1-on-zero fast break in which the player obviously travelled in getting his steps together before his monster dunk. I blew my whistle and called a travel. During the next time-out my partners came up to me (with smiles on their faces) and said I should have passed on it.
Which is what happened in the 4th quarter of Game 2 in Boston. They passed on it. Anybody who's ever watched a game could see he picked the dribble up at the 3 point line and ran the rest of the way to the dunk.
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