WNBA: Jacket Removal and Toss

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by REFANDUMP

I don't think that warrants a second technical. Official absolutely blew the call in my opinion.

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

Blew what call? The one where the defender put her hand on top of the ball and caused a turnover?

The call was missed. This isn't even close.

The defender may have touched the ball at the beginning but when the shooter tried to take the ball up, the only contact from the defender was across the shooter's forearm and not on the ball at all any more. The defender didn't stop the movement of the ball, they stopped the movement of the arm.

If the hand had also remained on the ball AND the arm while the shooter was going up, I could agree with no foul, but the defender was only holding down the arm.