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[Adam]

Did you consider a flagrant?

[jTheUmp]

Originally Posted by Adam

Did you consider a flagrant?

Had the trippee fallen, I definitely would've. But the trippee saw it coming in enough time limit the damage to nothing more than a brief stumble.

I am a first year official. I gave my first T early in December. I was the trail, opposite the table. Player A1 had the ball, dribbling down the sideline. He was guarded by B1. Player A2 sets a screen which B1 does not expect. B1 hits the screen hard, but not a foul. B1 is upset about the screen and as A2 begins to move away from where he set the screen, B1 tries to "scissor-kick" him! B1 kind of hopped in the air off one foot and tried to stomp A2 with the other. B1 totally wiffs, but I see it and call an unsporting tech. It was a weird situation because I have never seen a scissor-kick-stomp combo, plus the kick-stomp missed.

Was this the right call? If he made contact with the kick, should I have called a flagrant tech?

[Rich]

Originally Posted by seanwestref

I am a first year official. I gave my first T early in December. I was the trail, opposite the table. Player A1 had the ball, dribbling down the sideline. He was guarded by B1. Player A2 sets a screen which B1 does not expect. B1 hits the screen hard, but not a foul. B1 is upset about the screen and as A2 begins to move away from where he set the screen, B1 tries to "scissor-kick" him! B1 kind of hopped in the air off one foot and tried to stomp A2 with the other. B1 totally wiffs, but I see it and call an unsporting tech. It was a weird situation because I have never seen a scissor-kick-stomp combo, plus the kick-stomp missed.

Was this the right call? If he made contact with the kick, should I have called a flagrant tech?

By rule, you should have called a flagrant technical on B1 for fighting. Whether he contacts or not is irrelevant. He tried. Good enough.