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Originally Posted by Eastshire
We use our basketball sense. Did an effort to block the shot with the hand prevent the opponent from releasing the ball? Held ball. As long as the hand is in the vicinity of the ball, why pick nits?
My guess is the only reason it says hands and not hands/arm is the committee didn't consider it possible for the ball not to come loose in that situation.
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Agreed, with a slight deviation; they simply didn't consider the possibility. It just didn't cross their minds. Why punish the offense (with a travel call) because the defense isn't quite as coordinated as he should be?