Buuuut, your video is an excellent play discussion.

FWIW, though, I was taught the same as you with respect to B1 losing verticality with his arms because the initial contact from A1 caused the "bow".

In this video, I'm not so sure B1's arms were ever in his vertical cylinder to begin with.

Thoughts?

I think it was a game winner -- so within the last 5 seconds or so of whatever the last period was.

Bob is correct.....it is a jumper at the elbow / foul line. Some people on other sites have compared it to MJ pushing offByron Russell in the NBA Finals...still have no foul...

That is not a foul, just based on the contact, IMO. The contact is on top of the ball.

Here is the play. Discuss away!!!

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Peace

Bump, but I found the play in question.

Peace

Not much contact but it did gain him the space he needed to get the shot off.

Rarely called, but that contact allowed him the space needed to get that shot off. It should be called more because it is an advantage.

Just watched the vid again. The replay not only confirms a PC foul, but the slo mo clearly shows A1's arm contacting B1's torso first, then moving down to finish the separation. It happens really fast, though. And, I'm not sure the Trail was positioned in the best spot to get the best view between the players..and that contact. If the T had stepped down 1 - maybe 2 - steps, he would've seen it.

Now, would he have called it? I'm guessing no. He probably doesn't want that phone call.

I usually call this or something like this. But also there are often attempts to use their arm that never actually materialize and everyone seems to think those situations should be called as well. This is close to me and I am not sure I would call this specific "push" attempt. I might call other situations. I just know that if this was a move, this was not likely the first time he attempted such a move in the game.

Peace