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Hawks Coach,
I have to agree with Nevadaref on this one. In both cases #2 & 3 the offensive player won't have a chance to retain possession in my games because I have already blown the play dead for a held ball. This is such a bang bang play that if you wait to see if the ball is being pushed backwards it may be too late to make the call. I make the call as soon as the defender has stopped the forward motion of the ball. I also agree with you that the rule was put in to prevent a traveling call in this situation. That is why an official needs to call the held ball as soon as the shooter can't continue the forward motion of the ball due to the defender getting their hand on the ball.
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