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Old Wed Apr 08, 2015, 08:57am
Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. Mark T. DeNucci, Sr. is offline
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Originally Posted by AremRed View Post
Same in that both plays were late in close games and incorrectly called blocks. Given John Adams apparent love for blocking fouls to encourage scoring and driving into the lane, and the limited knowledge the general public has in regards to LGP I think DeRosa correctly figured in both cases that calling a block would be more palatable.
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Originally Posted by Eastshire View Post
He was left with a bad choice of getting it right the wrong way or getting it wrong the right way. There is no good choice choice there but I think he would have opened a can of worms on the order of that one US/USSR Olympic game had he intervened with no rules authority to do so .

You are both correct.

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