This never happen to me before--What would you do?

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

If the ball came loose, how is it a held ball? I have no problem with going to my partner with the information, but I would have gone with the inadvertant whistle and not the arrow.

First of all I would like to say I am surprised ball all the posts and the different takes on my posts.

I just wanted to address some different points that I have read.

Let me deal with the rule first. According to Rule 4-25-2 if a defender keeps the airborne player from shooting or passing the ball, this is a jump ball. There is also a play in the Simplified and Illustrated Rulebook that shows an example of this on the bottom of page 52. The only thing about my play the defender did not allow the ball to be put above the shooter's head. It was more like the shooter was trying to lift the ball but something kept the ball in place. Now this only took a second but as the shooter was coming down, the ball was loose and then the shooter some how came back to the floor with complete control of the ball. I completely admit that my first thought was IW all the way and as I was running to my partner and when the conversation took place, I realized a jump ball might be an option. Without knowing the status of the arrow, I may have never gone with a jump ball at all. This is why I thought to post this here because I clearly had mixed emotions about what was the right thing to do or not.

The conversation seemed like it took several minutes but probably only was 20 seconds if that. When this was discussed later in the locker room my partner had no problem with what we did and even thought our call was the only call to make based on the information I gave him. So both my partners were OK with the call because I was unsure if that was the thing I should have done. Now in the past I can think of many plays like this were I called a jump ball. I just was caught off guard by the situation because I did not blow my whistle initially and I was trying to make a call right that could not be called a travel with the obviousness of what took place.

Peace