The Official Forum - My crew kicked it...

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Originally Posted by TussAgee11

I think this is worse than a quick whistle - this isn't being aware of the situation. Both C and T here should be ready for this type of play by A1. I could understand and accept the quick whistle theory if this was in the middle of a game. But in an end of game situation, you have to be aware that the shooter is going to miss on purpose, probably by throwing the ball hard, and get ready for collisions around the basket.

It was both a lack of timing and a lack of thinking.

We've all made mistakes, myself included, so I'll get off my high horse.

Seems to me that while it may have been lack of awareness, it was more likely hyper-awareness - the call was made because the official was looking for the player to try to miss, knowing he needed to watch for not hitting the rim, AND knowing with such little time on the clock he wanted to get the violation before the clock was started.

So, when the ball was thrown against the backboard and he thought it wouldn't hit rim, he blows the whistle immediately. Bad call, but I'm guessing it didn't have anything to do with not looking for it - it had to do with "over" looking for it...