Held ball vs. Traveling

[RookieDude]

Originally Posted by Adam

In the OP play, I generally give the benefit of the doubt to a held ball. It has to be obvious that the defensive touch wasn't sufficient to prevent the release, or the shooter gave up before the defender touched the ball.

Yes...I generally do as well. I did however, have a traveling violation the other night that was probably a correct call but a held ball would have been more consistent with what we usually call around here.

My partner said later he probably would have went with a held ball, the "offenders" coach wanted a held ball, the player wanted a held ball, the fans wanted a held ball....it was just me and the "defenders" coach that thought it was traveling.

Wow...only 2 people in the building that got it right.