Without a doubt, a whistle is needed here. The L may have been straightlined but the sudden change of direction/acceleration in mid-air by the offense should have clued the L of contact. The L was beaten down court from the sudden steal. In this case, I would've had just stopped a little below the FT line extended and officiated the play from there.
I just think it looks bad that there's is no whistle by the L on that play but in retrospect, we've all had plays where we had H.U.A.
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