Disconcertion always purposeful?

missinglink · #1 (**permalink**) Sat Dec 20, 2003, 01:41am

HS varsity rivalry week in neighboring town. I am a spectator. Team B is up by two, under a minute to go and just coming out of a time out with A1 lining up for bonus free throw. Lane is set with B1 thru B4 and A2 and A3. As ball is made available to A1, B5 starts walking slowly from behind and left of A1, breaks arc and Trail shoots the arm out for delayed violaton. B5 continues walking and is almost at the free throw line as A1 releases the ball. A1 had to have had B5 in field of vision and it appeared so because the kid misses everything. Tweet, double lane violation, B was awarded the ball on the arrow and they go on to win. It looked to me that A1 was clearly disconcerted but does the disconcertion have to be overt and purposeful to be called that way? Very strange sequence at the end of a close game.

BktBallRef · #2 (**permalink**) Sat Dec 20, 2003, 02:04am

I would not hesitate to call disconcertion on this play.

MOFFICIAL · #3 (**permalink**) Sat Dec 20, 2003, 08:28am

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Originally posted by missinglink
HS varsity rivalry week in neighboring town. I am a spectator. Team B is up by two, under a minute to go and just coming out of a time out with A1 lining up for bonus free throw. Lane is set with B1 thru B4 and A2 and A3. As ball is made available to A1, B5 starts walking slowly from behind and left of A1, breaks arc and Trail shoots the arm out for delayed violaton. B5 continues walking and is almost at the free throw line as A1 releases the ball. A1 had to have had B5 in field of vision and it appeared so because the kid misses everything. Tweet, double lane violation, B was awarded the ball on the arrow and they go on to win. It looked to me that A1 was clearly disconcerted but does the disconcertion have to be overt and purposeful to be called that way? Very strange sequence at the end of a close game.

Couldn't it be argued that the disconcertion caused the air balltherefore another free throw for A1?

rainmaker · #4 (**permalink**) Sat Dec 20, 2003, 09:47am

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Originally posted by MOFFICIAL

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Originally posted by missinglink
It looked to me that A1 was clearly disconcerted but does the disconcertion have to be overt and purposeful to be called that way? Very strange sequence at the end of a close game.

Couldn't it be argued that the disconcertion caused the air ball therefore another free throw for A1?

Absolutely, it not only can be argued, it should be called that way.