PC or did the push cause it?

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Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

Trail stepped the wrong way; no reason to step to the middle of the court. He should have stepped down along the sideline to get a better angle to see between the players. But the Trail did great in not having a preliminary and for closing in on the play after blowing his whistle. But what I really wish is that the Lead would have a whistle and a PC foul.

You're right that stepping down toward the endline and staying wide would have given the trail a better angle on the contact from behind and the possible PC foul, but I can't fault the trail here.

When the dribbler makes his move it looks to me like the defender is going to stay on his right hip which would make me step to the middle of the floor to see the space between the players and let my L take the secondary defender for a possible block/charge. The primary defender slows down to try for the block from behind which appears to straight-line the T but how are we to anticipate that from the initial action?

If the primary defender stays on the right hip of the shooter and the T steps wide and toward the endline he gets straight-lined, the C can't see through the defender, and the L is blocked out by the secondary defender, and no one sees the potential contact between the primary defender and the shooter.

I actually like that the T stepped to the middle of the floor. I think this call should have been made by C or the L.