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Originally Posted by refiator
LEAD calls a Basket Interference on Team A on a made basket after the ball bounces off the rim and enters the basket. Center Official has nothing.....Offense did not touch the ball while it was in the cylinder on the made basket...but it was fairly close.
We often hear that officials should "Live and Die" by their calls.....But do you agree with this philosophy in this situation, thinking maybe Lead saw something, or do you rectify?
This happened in the 1st Quarter (not that that really matters)...but Team A ended up losing by two.
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When one calls something out of their primary, and not even in your secondary, you have to be so sure that video would clearly back you up. It's a case where your experience tells you that you know that you're saving the crew from a huge miss. To me, that's when the L in a half-court offense should call BI. (The L can call it in transition is the positions of the officials merit the call.)
If the Lead wants to make this call, because he thinks he's saving the crew from a huge miss, then he has to live with it if he's wrong.
When he blew the play dead, the C and T have a chance to say "{Lead}, I saw it clear view of the play and there was no touch." Let the L then live and die with changing his call or not.