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Originally Posted by M&M Guy
Maybe you don't believe the philosophy because you don't fully understand the philosophy? 
If a play starts in the T's primary, the T takes the dribbler and the primary defender all the way to the basket. Any secondary defenders are the responsiblity of the L (or possibly C). This way the T will watch the defense for the entire play, and the L will not have to pick up the primary defender late. Also, since the L (or C) has the secondary defenders that are already in their primary, the T will not have to pick them late in the play either. |
And, in this case, the two defenders involved in the play are both secondary defenders. Each rotated from opposite sides of the lane...neither came in with the dribbler. The primary defender was at the FT line watching the offensive player blow by him.
As for the call, I've got a block. Neither player was in the offensive players path at the time the offensive player left the floor. They were still moving laterally.