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Originally posted by Camron Rust
To me, it looked like the third guy up the lane (defense) was first in followed VERY closely by the adjacent offensive player.
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This is correct. In fact, after the defender closest to the shooter stepped in, the offensive player, in between the two defensive players in marked lane spaces, started to enter, but sort of held up (he probably crossed the plane here, but it was close). At this point he got some help in the form of a clear push in the back by the defender in the low block, which caused him to definitely enter the lane. And the push wasn't even subtle. The guy just reached around behind him with his right arm and tossed him forward! I chuckled as the defender who pushed him in then proceeded to point him out to the official! The C correctly came over and called the violation only on the defensive player who entered first. Kids, Geez!