Steal, Foul, and Altercation (Video)

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Originally Posted by HokiePaul

Thought the officials handled this very well -- regardless of what was called, they prevented a fight which could have easily turned into a brawl.

Immediate "intentional foul" signal and then stay with that player to prevent retalliation (exactly what was done here). Off officials then focus on preventing any further nonsense between players. I'd discuss with crew, but I think Intentional is appropriate and would not vote for Flagrant.

As was said previously, coaches attempting to prevent/break-up a fight are the least of my concerns. If, while observing players, I happen to "not notice" an assistant coach pulling one of his players back to the bench, I'm fine with that.

The only other call I'd have to consider is on the coach (assuming head coach) in the gold pants. The finger pointing and yelling at the very end of the video is probably crossing the "T" the line for me, given that he had more than enough time to make his point.

Yep. It's going to be really hard to see all of the stuff going on around the benches in real time. Keeping order on the court is hard enough.

Definitely an Intentional and most likely a Technical on the black team's coach since he wasn't out there to prevent a fight. I'm giving him one chance to go back to the bench while we sort it out before he gets a Technical. After we huddle and sort things out, then he gets his explanation.