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Originally Posted by Spence
had the opponent not clamped down on his arm and then caused him to go over the offensive player's back.
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Just saw the replay again on ESPN, and it sure does look like Blair continued to pull Thabeet over his shoulder by leveraging-down on his (Thabeet's) wrist.
Blair initially had both hands on ball when Thabeet had stuck his hand in there.
But then as Blair leaned/crouched forward, his (Blair's) right hand comes off the ball and he arm-pulls Thabeet over his back.
The replay really makes Blair's tug look intentional.
Granted, lead-official was screened from this by Thabeet and center-official was already headed down court (eyes probably on mid-court group of transition players).
But, hey... I'm just some high school official who happened to be lying on the couch eating Doritos when he saw the replay...
Paul