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Originally Posted by BadNewsRef
Please Vid Gurus,
Last play of the 2nd half, 3 point shot with 0.4 left. Fouled call.
Opinion on the call.
Also, after all the replays, I still don't see any of the officials signaling a foul.
PS: chance to see an official with facial hair on his chin.
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Awful.
There absolutely is a whistle. There is not a fist in the air by anyone.
From the Trail's gestures to the teams after the horn, he must have been the one to blow the whistle because he appears to be the only one who is aware that a foul has been called.
Making this call from his position deep in the backcourt is sick. He has no angle to determine if there was contact. Turns out there wasn't anything illegal.
Furthermore, I believe that both the Lead and Center ran too far and put themselves in poor spots from which to observe a pull-up 3pt shot. With that little time remaining there is no need to run all the way down to the normal home locations for a half court set. It would be more intelligent officiating to anticipate a long shot and take a position which provides a quality look at that.