Coach on court

[Indy_Ref]

Originally posted by Junker
Indy,
I'm just asking because I saw this as I was getting ready for work this morning so I wasn't really watching closely. On the 3 point attempt, at my casual glance it looked like the shooter may have initiated all of the contact and the defender jumped straight up, causing the no call. Am I completely off base on this?

Yes Junker, IMHO you are off-base. Wright faked a 3-pointer to have his defender jump up and to him. The defender did NOT go straight up. If he did, then no-call would have been the right call. Unfortunately, he didn't...and Pollard chose to swallow the whistle. They showed more than one angle on the replay and I believe a foul should have been called. Wright didn't jump into the defender much at all. He basically went up BECAUSE he knew the defender was going to cream him.