Official interference

[buckrog64]

clarification: the entire scenario took place in bounds. The ref was 3-5 feet inbounds from the sideline, the contact took place there, near mid-court...everyone and everything stayed in bounds, the ref simply blew the whistle and the play dead because of the player running into him.

He drew more hoots from the fans of course, than the players or the coaches. They know stuff like that is going to happen once in awhile.

I personally hug the sideline for the most part, because i don't want to get into the way. I would imagine, however, that most people in the gym expected that the play would be blown dead and that it would transpire as it did when in actuality, the game should not have been allowed to stop.