Block/Charge/No Call? (Video)

[JeffM]

Originally Posted by BadNewsRef

30 seconds left in the game and the offending team is up 70-61, it's a no-brainer for me. What good is a reminder at this point?

I think the score 70-61 at the end of the clip is incorrect, but I don't know. The tv scorekeeper was having trouble keeping up.

The sequence starts 64-61. The first basket should make it 66-61. Calling a PC keeps the score 66-61. Making both free throws of a technical foul would make it a one possession game.

I agree that a 70-61 score would make for a teachable moment. Perhaps the home scorekeeper liked the dunk so much that he counted it twice.

(I think the defender was leaning backwards, but everyone who visits this board know that a defender is allowed to absorb contact and also move backward and maintain LGP. Almost everyone else thinks that leaning backwards negates a defender's ability to draw a charge.)