I was shocked when Denver fouled Rudy before the ball was in play, towards the end of the game last night, because I thought that resulted in a technical foul. Yet no technical foul was called.
I thought maybe I misremembered the rule, or maybe they had changed it, so I did some searching and came across this: https://videorulebook.nba.com/archi...nded-defender-grabs-offensive-players-jersey/
The play was definitely in the last 2 minutes (0;46 remaining according to the ESPN game log), so I'm absolutely correct. The Jazz should have been awarded a technical free throw and gotten the ball back.
How could the refs have screwed up that badly? And how could the announcers not have commented on it? Why is no one else outraged? (Granted we won the game.) Or am I missing something? What gives?
I thought maybe I misremembered the rule, or maybe they had changed it, so I did some searching and came across this: https://videorulebook.nba.com/archi...nded-defender-grabs-offensive-players-jersey/
The play was definitely in the last 2 minutes (0;46 remaining according to the ESPN game log), so I'm absolutely correct. The Jazz should have been awarded a technical free throw and gotten the ball back.
How could the refs have screwed up that badly? And how could the announcers not have commented on it? Why is no one else outraged? (Granted we won the game.) Or am I missing something? What gives?