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Old Tue Apr 22, 2003, 09:08am
Jurassic Referee Jurassic Referee is offline
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Originally posted by paxsonref
I believe it was ex-NBA official Richie Phillips (and someone correct me if I;m wrong on this) who said to a coach who was arguing about a blocked shot/goaltending play said. . . The ball had yet to reach the apex of its parabola towards the goal, therefore, there is no goaltending.

Richie Powers was the referee who said it. Richie Phillips was a lawyer and the counsel for the first referees' union in the NBA back in the 70's- the NABR.

[Edited by Jurassic Referee on Apr 22nd, 2003 at 09:15 AM]
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