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Originally Posted by just another ref
I don't think all four of these things go together that well. In the first three, the official chose the no call because, basically, nothing happened.
In the last example, something happened. In the last play, the defender was run over. He did a good thing, even if by accident. He took away the path to the basket and prevented a score. It doesn't matter if he was "not trying to defend." It doesn't matter how deep he was in the key. He was run over. He was displaced. Something happened.
This is just wrong.
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I would call it, but I can understand an official no calling because they don't feel a real advantage was gained. That is always an option. The issue becomes it has to a be a call or a no call, you can't make up rules, penalties or infractions where one doesn't exist.