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Absolutely do not make the call based merely on a presumption. If you're not sure what you have, you have nothing.
I wouldn't beat yourself up on not covering enough area to see the play through. There isn't one official who will see "everything" in a given game.
If I'm your partner (and you say he KNOWS this is a backcourt violation), I jump in and make the call once it's clear you're not going to make it. It's better to be late and right than to knowingly let a blatant violation go for the sake of PCA or not having someone yell, "That's so late" ... a complaint I've never fully understood anyway, especially when the complainant usually also concedes it's the correct call.
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