Last second shot

[RookieDude]

Trail usually has a "last second shot" at the end of a quarter...right?
Last night my partner and I had a last second shot from half court. (The ball had been put into to play with a throw-in under the opponents basket in the backcourt...3 seconds left in the first half.)
The shot bounced off the backboard and into the hands of a teammate standing under the basket. The teammate then shot the layup as the horn sounded to end the half...the ball went in.
I was lead and in position, a few feet from and even with the player under the basket, to make the call. I must say, it was very close...but in my judgement the ball had not been released before the horn went off.
I waved it off, I guess out of instinct, and then looked at my partner...he was at half-court and had a look on his face like he was going to call it good. I ran to meet him so we could get together and share information on what we saw. I said, "Ralph, I had the ball still in his hands...if you have something different go ahead and call it". Of course the Coach was lobbying for a made shot in the background. Ralph immediately went out of our huddle and looked at the scorer's table and waved it off...the crowd, for the team that made the shot, went nuts. The crowd for the other team cheered wildly. Go figure.
In the locker room at halftime we asked a couple of officials watching the game what they saw. None of them could give us a definite answer because they said it was too close.
At the time it was a 2 point game...shot would have tied the game...the game ended with the team in question losing by 20pts.
Probably will be included in my pregames as a point of emphasis for awhile.
Had a good laugh, after the game, with Ralph for taking the heat on a call he didn't really agree with...and me being the Referee.
Anyway...who do you big dogs like making that call? The Trail or the Lead in that situation?

RD
Oh yeah, I did talk to the coach before we left the floor and told him I would buy him a soda if, when he watches the film, he sees that his player did in fact make it. It brought a smile to his face...but I'm sure he would rather have the 2 pts. then the Soda.