Bang-bang, steal or block?

[frezer11]

Originally Posted by bainsey

Good analogy. I withheld my ruling until now: I had a blocking foul.

I saw B-2 hustle toward A-1 at and angle and go after the ball, and even though he got a little ahead of A-1 and knocked the ball loose, he created the contact by not having LGP and getting into the dribbler's path. Since the ball was knocked away, player control was certainly lost immediately before the contact, but team control remained.

Any other thoughts?

As others have said, you kind of gotta see it to know what to call, but I will say this, if this happened near the sideline and the ball was knocked out of bounds, it sounds like the offense would retain possession regardless. I'm not saying that you should not call a foul, but if the contact was light or questionable, it might be another option, especially if you already had a high foul count on the defense. On the other hand, if the foul count was, say, 6-0 against the offensive team, then it might be an easy and legitimate way to get one on the D without making anything up.