[Treeguy]

With this angle, I see the ball in the air with 0.1 seconds on the clock. The defender does not jump straight up, but into the shooter while he is airborn, displacing him. Wth this angle and the stop motion of the replay, I have a shooting foul with no time left, 2 or 3 shots depending where his feet are placed.

I had a simular situation a couple of years ago. CYO, 8th grade, xmas tournament championship game. I am the trail. A couple of seconds left, white team gets the ball in the same corner in their shooter's hands, 2 defenders come towards him and he shoots a fade, it gets blocked, the defenders jump and get the blocked shot, the shooter with his fade falls backward, not touched. Clock runs out, game over. The white coach wanted a foul because his shooter fell. I told him there was no contact. needless to say, he was very upset. I was known for a while as the ref who blew that call and cost them a tournement championship. In my opion, it was not even close, there was 2-3 feet of space between the defenders and the shooter. I feel confident with my call.