Hits head on backboard - whaddya got?

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by bucky

Is it possible that the backboard is old and has the extension way lower than the rim?

Doesn't look like it. I think he was high enough to hit the rim with his head...making him higher than the bottom of even the newest backboards.

Originally Posted by bucky

Also, looks as if 14 white has an illegal sleeve on.

Some places don't enforce that.

Originally Posted by bucky

Also, how about a T on 14 white for grabbing/retracting the rim during a dead ball? lol.

Yep, he clearly does so and well after any reasonable chance at playing the ball. He had no reason to even jump, much less grab the rim once he was there.

Originally Posted by bucky

Lastly, where was the foul? I got good block.

Defender's thigh was on the shooters left shoulder/arm displacing the shooter, preventing the shooter from being able to jump normally, and also accelerating the defender farther up as a result ....all before the block occurred.

Look at it carefully and you'll see the defender's jump maxing out then accelerating into the backboard. His original jump would have had him landing short of hitting his head. The only way that changed was through contact.

The problem is that there was no official in position to see the play clearly. The L only arrived after it was over.

[Raymond]

I have a foul for the defender sitting on the shooter's shoulder prior to his face plant into the backboard.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

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The problem is that there was no official in position to see the play clearly. The L only arrived after it was over.

I'm of the opinion that the Center official actually has a good look at the illegal contact created by the defender on the shooter's left shoulder. Maybe on a normal play he may of come late with a whistle.

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by Raymond

I'm of the opinion that the Center official actually has a good look at the illegal contact created by the defender on the shooter's left shoulder. Maybe on a normal play he may of come late with a whistle.

Perhaps, but when running full speed, our vision isn't as good as it is when stationary. Perhaps he felt he was too far behind it to come in with something.