Should I have done anything different?

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Ron Giacoma

This is just food for thought.... Your Lead is not looking up. You at Trail did not see the ball go in the basket. All the players are either looking at the hoop knowing a 3ptr was launched, busy playing defense, or they are lookin up toward the rim while boxin' out. The ball goes through the basket and the Ladies in the paint either go the other way after the made basket or someone on defense grabs the dead ball and walks/steps out of bounds for the endline throw-in (running). If the shot were an "Air-Ball" as first thought from Trail, we would have the mosh pit thing going on near the endline. We don't rely on the kids to call the game for us however, the lead can assist the Trail since we did not hear a whistle (for traveling) by the Lead official when the defense picked up the ball and stepped out of bounds for the endline throw-in (running)... any input out there?

I was thinking this, too. After the shot, did the other team do a throwin? The lead should have noticed that if nothing else.
I had the reverse situation on a free throw as lead. Shot goes up, ball comes down close enough to the rim that I thought it went in. It hits B1 on the head and goes OOB. No whistle from me, as I stand there waiting for B to do a throwin. A1 then looks at me and asks, "our ball, right?" Then it dawned on me that the ball didn't go in (I had to assume it hit the rim since trail didn't call a violation.)
Similar situation, sometimes you have to judge by the players' reactions on shots that go in.