End of Game Call - State Championship

[NCHSAA]

Thoughts on the below call at the end of the game?

https://mobile.twitter.com/shakepepp...032120325?s=21

[Camron Rust]

Really hard to tell from this angle. It looks like he had LGP. I don't see anything the defender did wrong. BUT, that doesn't mean much form that angle. I can imagine several potential ways to foul that wouldn't be visible from there.

[JRutledge]

I see a possible foul. Hard to tell, but I see a defender that did trip the ball handler. The question is did he trip on his own over the defender or did the defender come forward and trip him.

Again these videos are so far away most of the time, the official is standing there and can see the play. Why do we try to make value judgments of a call with some poor video work? TV would not show a play from that angle and determine it was the worst call ever.

Peace

Looks like a foul to me.

[bucky]

Left leg/knee stuck out but..... when there is not enough room between the defender and the sideline the onus is on the offensive player right? Yes, tough to see from that angle. Official sold it though.

[Multiple Sports]

In an unrelated note, why is the new lead completely out of the picture ??? There are 10 players in the back court.
He should at worst be a step or two over half court....

[crosscountry55]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

The question is did he trip on his own over the defender or did the defender come forward and trip him?

Right at the 0:16 point of the video, the defender looks right down at his leg at the point of contact. Not something I would have caught in real time, but in retrospect, that leads me to believe the defender was trying to impede because he was interested seeing the effect of his block. I don't think you look down until after the contact if it's unintentional.

Just my gut feeling. I don't have anything to back it up.

[Chuga]

The official is right there to make the call. IMHO, a great call and great sell by the official.