How far will you go to save a game?

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To me, a help situation like this has to have two elements:

1. The helping official needs to have a very high level of certainty that the call is right, especially because of the distance involved.

2. Knowledge that the covering official cannot see the play is a requirement at that distance. The fact that the calling official passes on a call is many times ON PURPOSE and this needs to be respected.

I have had help situations in two many when the Lead cannot see a clear (from T's angle) push off by a player driving to the basket where the L is in a good position to see a block charge but cannot see the offensive players arm that is used to ward off the defender.