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Old Wed Dec 19, 2018, 01:16pm
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New Harden travel - 5 steps = no call

I am sure most have seen it. Hilarious.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQM_TU-2eqk
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Old Wed Dec 19, 2018, 01:18pm
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New Harden travel - 5 steps = no call

For what it’s worth, the NBA referee account on Twitter did admit this was a missed call: https://twitter.com/officialnbarefs/...922020352?s=21


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Old Wed Dec 19, 2018, 01:19pm
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Harden admitted that he traveled.
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Old Wed Dec 19, 2018, 01:25pm
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So did the NBA in their L2M report.
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Old Thu Dec 20, 2018, 08:59am
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It's an obviously missed call, but it is just as incorrect to characterize this as 5 steps.
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Old Thu Dec 20, 2018, 10:00am
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Just for fun, which foot do you say was his pivot?

Right

or

Left


Looks like his right foot, to me.

If so, then it looks like he took 2 additional steps after lifting his pivot.
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Old Thu Dec 20, 2018, 10:21am
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With the way the NBA rule is written I would argue that his pivot is his left foot as he is still gathering the ball when on his right foot.

Rule 10-XIII-(b)-1: “The first step occurs when a foot or both feet, touch the floor after gaining control of the ball”

This has been coined the “gather step” for most NBA fans although never formally called that in the rule book.
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