You can discuss a lot of things and change a lot of calls - but I don't think you go to him on this during the game and attempt to change a T. It's a bad time for a bad call, but you're going to have to back this one and discuss after the game.

I worked a game once in which a very experienced official reported a foul to the table, turned back toward the court, heard an unflattering comment and then banged the home team head coach.

When he turned back to the table to report the T, the whole home bench was saying that the coach didn't say anything. A kid in the second row "admitted" that he'd made the comment. The official then rescinded the T.

Well, now the visiting coach goes nuts. And he's notorious for going nuts. He informs me that they're playing the rest of the game "under protest". :)

I didn't have the heart to tell him there's no such thing as "under protest". Visiting team won anyway, but it was ugly to get thru.

I saw that happen in game when a official called a "t" because he heard a coach curse.The other official came up and explianed it was a fan not the coach.they waved it off and everyone was ok.Its more important to get it right.Thats if you can convince your partner.