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Originally Posted by Scrapper1
I'm actually going to disagree. There was definitely a foul -- 2 hand push in the back -- when the player caught the ball. You can see that he was moved away from the basket. I will give the official the benefit of the doubt and believe that he was calling THAT foul (late) and correctly ruled that it was before the shooting motion started.
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The contact you are referring to happened at 46 seconds. The official's whistle went off at 48 seconds, right as the player is hovering the rim about to dunk the ball!
I've heard of a patient whistle, but that's absurd!