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Originally Posted by kycat1
Am I wrong or right?
Player A1 has ball top of key with Player B1 guarding. Player A2 comes up right behind B1 to set a screen for A1. A1 breaks for basket and B1 tries to go with A1 but is impeded by the blind screen. No big contact but small B1 is stopped by bigger A2 being right behind him. I call an illegal screen on A2 (did not give 1 normal step since it was a blind screen) and give the ball to Team B.
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I had a similar play last week, and still don't know 100% if I got it right or not. In my case (I was trail in 3 man), B1 plowed thru the screen, knocking A2 to the floor. I had bodies on the floor and called B1 for a push. Coach asks me to explain why B1 is charged with a foul, because A2 set a blind screen. I have to tell her, "Coach, you have made a very good point, and I will discuss it with my partners at half time to see what they saw on the play". Only one partner actually saw the play and tended to agree with the coach that the screen was legal and B1 never saw it.
NOTE: To all rookies - This is why your mentors keep telling you to "
see the whole play from start to finish". Because I didn't see the whole play, which included the screeners, from start to finish, I probably made an incorrect call by blowing my whistle on contact alone.
