Cavs vs Heat Illegal Screen (Video)

[SamIAm]

A bit of help please. At what point in this clip does the offensive player's action become illegal. The worst action I see is A2 stopping.

[mutantducky]

listen maybe Jones just had a brain lapse or something. But I see his actions as being completely unnatural for the situation. It is a fast-break. He stops and moves over to the side. He sees the Heat players coming up. He puts himself in a place to make contact. He's not attempting to do a screen. He's either wondering around aimlessnessly or trying to hit Chalmers. Players don't just stop on a fast break like that and move backwards. It made no sense. I'm not saying I would call it an intentional foul but I would consider it, if I felt like the defender had been targeted.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by SamIAm

A bit of help please. At what point in this clip does the offensive player's action become illegal. The worst action I see is A2 stopping.

I have the screener drifting into the defender's path. But I agree, it's not a cut-n-dry obvious foul. Makes me wonder if maybe a similar play happened earlier and Ben was determined not to miss it if it happened again.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by SamIAm

A bit of help please. At what point in this clip does the offensive player's action become illegal. The worst action I see is A2 stopping.

IF that's true (and I didn't go back to watch), did he give the moving offensive player time to stop / go around the screen? (up to two steps in NCAA -- don't know about NBA)

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by SamIAm

A bit of help please. At what point in this clip does the offensive player's action become illegal. The worst action I see is A2 stopping.

If A2 were moving the same path and direction as the opponent (opponent following), then A2 can't be guilty of a foul. However, if A2's path was anything else, then A2 would have to get into the path and stop while giving enough time and distance for the opponent to avoid contact.

That said, I don't think A2 just stopped. I think that A2, after stopping, leaned his shoulder into the opponent as the opponent was passing by...creating the foul.

[crosscountry55]

I'll bet Ben was 100% confident in his call.

He might want his signaling mechanic back, however. It wasn't the sexiest I've seen all year.