I agree it's a no call, but I hate the excuse that he "bailed out to avoid significant contact". Not that your wrong that he did back up a bit but he is allowed to do so to protect himself from possible injury. Obviously we don't need to have "significant" contact for a foul to occur. The defender was in position and the offense clearly hit him. I would have been Ok seeing PC or No call on this.
I want to be sure that I am not singling you out JRut even though I used your comment, it just reminded me of a conversation I had this season with some other officials.
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