Game 7 Crew

[ysong]

Did you notice the foul call on Rasheed when he knocked away Dwyane's ball in his penetration? I wonder whether it is a right foul call on defense in that play if it happens in a High School game?


The play is like this: (I like Dwyane Wade, so I skip the part of his possible palming and 4-step layup in that single drive.)

at the last step of the layup, Dwyane tried to release the shot while both his arms extended horizontally in front of him. Behind Dwyane, Rasheed bent his body and extended his arm around Dwyane to knock the ball away from Dwyane's right side. Rasheed hand batted the ball almost without any body contact, then after the ball almost entirely left Dwyane's hand, Rasheed's arm hit Dwyane's on the follow through and nudge him out of balance. the ball went OOB.

My rationale is: because the shot is hopelessly blocked by a clean defense move at first, and the follow through contact does not put offense in any disadvantage afterwards (ball went OOB), the contact can be considered incidental, even though the offense player was hit hard (but not even close to flagrant). so it should be a no-call.

Do you think this thought make any sense? Thanks for your help.