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If a shot is a 3, it could be very difficult to hold your whistle until the result of the shot is known. The time between the whistle and the ball hitting or missing would seem like an eternity (but maybe only to the calling official!).
Don't feel badly about making that call; it's within your rights. Check out this situation, just for laughs.........
A couple weekends ago, I'm doing a varsity boys game; a tournament semi-final. Team A leads by 5, with about 40 seconds left in OT. Team B rushes down the floor, and attempts a 3 from near the top of the key (I'm the trail). The shot's in the air, and I hear my partner's whistle. The shot falls, and my partner immediately runs towards the table. I figure that he called a push underneath while the shot was in flight. He calls me to the table to ensure that we administer his call correctly. He tells me that he called a technical foul on a team A player for yelling "Hey!" as he challenged the 3 point shot. That's right. He called that from under the basket, while I was standing no more than 8 feet from the shooter (by the way, I didn't hear the kid yell anything!). So........team B hits both technical FT's (tie game, as a result of this 5 point play), and team B inbounds at halfcourt. My partner calls team B for a 5 second violation (I'm thinking "makeup call"), then team A hits a buzzer-beater for the win. The bottom line, from my perspective......you did nothing to influence the outcome of your game, but my partner almost decided our game all by himself.
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