"Shoot The Ball!!" Taunting?

[davidw]

I guess I didn't make clear his wording of "Come on..shoot it! Shoot the ball!" The part that tipped it over for me was the "Come on.." part.

I've seen/heard that expression used expressly in taunting others into a fight in other circumstances.

That combined with the facial expressions, volume and repeatedness preciptated my warning.