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Originally Posted by Camron Rust
No it shouldn't have been. The defender moved forward and to the side into contact with an airborne shooter.
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And I see an offensive player jumping into a defender at about a 60 degree angle. I also don't believe that the player had released the ball prior to the contact, but I'm not going to rewatch the video to be certain.
We can have a difference of opinion on the block/charge call. Officials are vastly different in their thresholds for movement by a defender on these plays, so rarely would there be more than a 70% agreement on such a collision anyway.
What is not an opinion is that the ball didn't go in and the crew mishandled that.
Another poster brought up the importance of observing the two players on the ground who just collided and are now tangled or on top of one another. I agree with his point and even think watching them to be more important than seeing the ball. (Still not a fan of the theatrical mechanics to oversell the call and believe that it contributes to the lack of focus causing the basket to be incorrectly counted.) Either the C or T can get the flight of the ball. But as seen in this crew, perhaps not!