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Thanks everyone for your input on this. I had a feeling that I should have called something, but the matter of degree was what I considered. From observing the play, it looked clear that the intent of A2 was to try to get a blocking call on B1. In the heat of the moment, I felt like an intentional foul would have been justified, but probably severe. Calling the push, in retrospect, makes the most sense because, as one veteran put it to me, the whole crowd saw the block and only I saw the push, by calling the push it would have made it clear to everyone why the block occurred, thus diffusing any potential negative reaction. At the next stoppage, I explained my no-call to coach A who then sat A2 down for the rest of the quarter.
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