Satus Code # Category #
5 days B412 Goaltending-Interference FIBA Tough Calls: Correct decision from the referees. Red 18 touched the ball after the ball had touched the backboard. This is a goaltending violation. The basket is valid, and the game shall be resumed with 1 free throw for White 3.
12 days B410 Act of shooting The player picks up the ball when his right foot is on the floor (0. step) then he takes 2 more steps. Legal. The basket should have been counted.
12 days A1091 Charge-Block-Flop Yellow 7 theatrically flops when there is almost no contact. Correct call charging him with an immediate technical foul.
12 days B411 Travel-Dribble The player does not hold and control the ball when he makes some steps, therefore it cannot be a travelling violation.
14 days B409 Backcourt OBRI 30-9: Example: A1 is standing with both feet in the backcourt close to the centre line, when A1 bounce-passes the ball to A2 who is also standing with both feet in the backcourt close to the centre line. During the pass, the ball touches the team A frontcourt before A2 touches it. Interpretation: This is not a backcourt violation by team A as no team A player with the ball was in the frontcourt. However, the 8-second period shall be stopped when the ball touched the team A frontcourt. A new 8-second period shall start as soon as A2 touches the ball in the backcourt.
24 days A1090 Act of shooting Black 78 picks up the ball and starts his act of shooting when he is fouled. Then he takes his 2 steps legally (but a little slowly) and scores. The basket should count and 1 free trow is the correct decision.
26 days C132 Instant replay 5th minute in Q2. No call on the play. Are the referees allowed to use IRS in this situation? Yes, during the whole game.
26 days A1089 Unsportsmanlike (rough play) White 15 hits the opponent's neck in a rough manner. This type of move may not be on the basketball court. Disqualification.
32 days B407 Travelling The player stops with his left-right foot. Left becomes his pivot foot. Then he lifts his pivot foot when starting a dribble before releasing the ball. Travelling.
32 days B408 Travel-Dribble FIBA Tough Calls: Incorrect decision from the referees. White 0 gained the control of the ball, allowing the ball to rest in his hand, while his left foot was touching the floor (the so-called step 0 or gathering step), so the first step occurred when his right foot touched the floor and the second step occurred when his left foot touched the floor again. However, his right foot touched the floor again before releasing the ball for the lay-up. This is a travelling violation.
35 days B406 Travelling Finishing the dribble the player stops so that he uses his left foot as pivot foot. However after a while he steps with his left foot in order to have a scoring chance. This move is travelling.
37 days B405 Travelling When Red 9 picks up the ball his right foot is on the floor. Then he jumps a bit and lands first on the right foot again. This is not legal, travelling.
39 days B404 Travel-Dribble FIBA Tough Calls: Red 96 gained the control of the ball, allowing the ball to rest in his hand, while his left foot was touching the floor (the so-called step 0 or gathering step), so the first step occurred when his right foot touched the floor and the second step occurred when his left foot touched the floor again. Legal play.
41 days A1087 Charge-Block Although the contact is accidental the shooter's knee is out of his cylinder and causes painful contact. The defensive player legally jumps vertical therefore the offensive player is responsible for the contact which cannot be considered marginal. The ball is still in the hand of the shooter when contact occurs. Offensive foul - no basket.
41 days A1088 Post play Yellow 15 locks the arm of Red 5 during the fight for rebound. Correct call against Yellow 14.
71 days B403 Travelling Travelling violation? White 1 lifts his pivot (left) foot before releasing the ball at the start of the dribble. Travelling.
76 days B401 Travelling The player picks up the ball when his left foot is on the floor (0. step). Then he takes 2 more steps and stops. Then he legally pivots. No travel.
76 days B402 Travelling White 11 lifts his pivot (left) foot at the start of the dribble before releasing the ball. Travelling.
89 days B400 Travelling Travelling violation? The player picks up the ball when his right foot is on the floor (zero step). Then he jumps from this foot and lands first on his left and then on his right foot. Legal play.
91 days A1084 Screening The screen is set outside of the vision of the screened player. At such case the screener shall give time and distance to the opponent in order to avoid the screen. Here the screen is set too close therefore, it is illegal.
91 days A1085 Unsportsmanlike (fast break) FIBA Tough Calls: Once Green 8 was beaten by the dribbler, he created a contact which was not a legitimate attempt to directly play the ball and is considered to be an unnecessary contact to stop the progress of the Yellow team in transition. Unsportsmanlike foul (C3).
91 days A1086 Charge-Block-Flop FIBA Tough Calls: Incorrect decision from the referees. Blue 11 had a legal guarding position. White 11 charged Blue 11 after the pass and an offensive foul should have been called to White 11 and the basket should have been cancelled.
92 days A1083 Verticality The defensive player is vertical, however, he is moving forward and causes contact. Defensive foul.
92 days B398 24 seconds What time should be on the shot clock at the throw in? After the ball has touched the ring of the opponents’ basket, the shot clock shall be reset to 14 seconds, if the team which regains control of the ball is the same team that was in control of the ball before the ball touched the ring.
92 days B399 Travelling Falling on the floor is not a travelling violation. Then a jump ball situation occurs.
95 days A1082 Acting During fighting for position Green 6 theatrically flops due to a marginal contact. No call and warning for fake (if the team was not warned before) and if it the team was warned before, a technical foul shall be accessed.
99 days B397 Goaltending-Interference White 10 is fouled in the act of shooting. Then, while the ball is in contact with the ring, White 20 grasps slightly the ring. Interference. The referees decide correctly when not counting the basket but awarding 2 free throws.
99 days A1080 Screening The defensive player wants to go around the screener but the screener moves in his path. Moving screen, offensive foul.
99 days A1081 Verticality The defensive player establishes a legal guarding position facing the opponent, jumps vertically. The offensive player jumps towards the defensive player and the contact is the torso. The offensive player is responsible for the contact which is marginal, therefore no-cal is the best call.
106 days B396 Backcourt Neither the ball nor the player with two feet have not arrived to the frontcourt, therefore no backcourt violation happened.
106 days A1079 Travel-Dribble Tough calls: Correct decision from the referees. White 4 stood up while holding the ball.
112 days D58 Administratif Between free throws a double technical is called on White#1 and Green#5. This is White#1's 5th foul of the game and he needs to be substituted. Is the green team allowed to effect substitution? No, they can substitute only 1 player.
112 days A1078 Charge-Block The defensive player establishes a legal guarding position in front of the shooter. outside the semi-circle The shooter releases the ball and then falls on the defender. The ball is not in control of the offensive player and its team when he causes contact therefore the basket counts and a foul shall be charged against him. If red team has reached the 5th team foul then Red 22 shall be awarded 2 free throws at the other basket.
121 days A1076 Pushing The offensive player look s for the contact with his left arm. No call is the best call.
121 days B395 Jumpball (situation) Neither team controlled the ball before a held ball was called. The officials decide to have another jump ball between the players who were involved in the held ball situation. Correct procedure?
121 days A1077 Unsportsmanlike (rough play) Red 10 does not play the ball but grabs the arm of the shooter. Unsportsmanlike foul.
133 days A1074 Unsportsmanlike During a transition the defensive player facing the opponent tries to reach towards the ball but reaches the wrist of the player who passes the ball. The contact is not excessive. Normal foul.
133 days A1075 Unsportsmanlike (fast break) During transition the defensive player does not make any effort to play the ball and causes unnecessary contact. Unsportsmanlike foul (C3).
135 days A1073 Screening With the ball in the hand, Red 10 sets a moving screen. Offensive foul.
145 days B394 Jumpball (situation) Neither jumper may catch the ball until it has touched one of the non-jumpers or the floor. This is a violation.
149 days A1072 Screening The screener puts his arm in the way of the screened opponent. Offensive foul correctly called.
152 days A1071 Charge-Block Correct decision from the referees. Blue 5 set his position, outside the no-charge semicircle, before White 6 took off. Therefore, White 6 is responsible for the contact for invading Blue 5 cylinder.
293 days B392 Backcourt The ball has not gone to the frontcourt therefore no backcourt violation happened.
293 days B393 Goaltending-Interference The player cannot assist himself to score by the ring. Interference, basket does not count.
312 days B391 3, 5, 8, 24 seconds The shot is blocked by the defender, but the ball finally touches the ring therefore the operator correctly reset the shot clock to 14 seconds. When the referee stops the play the yellow team controls the ball and the shot clock shows 12 seconds. The yellow team is entitled to a throw-in with 12 secnds on the shot clock.
330 days A1069 Act of shooting White#33 pushes Striped#3 into the shooter. How would you continue the game? Since the player who was pushed was not a shooter, therefore the game shall be resumed with an endline throw-in.
330 days A1070 Unsportsmanlike White 31 grabs and pulls a little Blue 10 when the ball is still in the hands of the thrower-in in the las 2 minutes of the game.. This is a C5 type unsportsmanlike foul. Then Blue 10 commits an unsportsmanlike foul when he hits back.
337 days B390 24 seconds The striped team asks the referees to stop the game to mop the floor. What shall the shot clock show at the throw-in? 19 seconds should remain as the request was made by the striped team.
337 days A1068 Charge-Block White 7 changed his direction and set a screen on a moving opponent without the ball, not respecting the elements of time and distance. Offensive foul for illegal screening.
339 days A1065 Act of shooting FIBA Tough Calls: Black 20 pump faked and then he started a new act of shooting moving the ball upwards towards the opponents’ basket when the contact occurred. Black 20 should have been awarded 3 free throws.
339 days A1066 Act of shooting White 5 has picked up the ball and starts his act of shooting when contact occurs. 2 free throws shall be awarded.
339 days A1067 Screening FIBA Tough Calls: If the opponent is in motion, the elements of time and distance shall apply. The screener must leave enough space so that the player who is being screened is able to avoid the screen by stopping or changing direction. The distance required is never less than 1 and never more than 2 normal steps. Correct decision from the referees. Black 6 committed a blocking foul on Yellow 6 because he didn’t respect the elements of time and distance.
350 days A1064 Screening Blue 35 sets a moving screen. Offensive foul.
355 days A1062 3 seconds Allowance shall be given to the player leaving the paint, therefore no call would be the correct decision.
355 days A1063 Act of shooting Blue 25 has just picked up the ball and starts his act of shooting when the contact occurs. 2 free throws should have been awarded.
361 days A1061 Technical foul OBRI 36-6 example says at such disconcerting action by the defender is a warning at first case if the ball enters the basket. However if the ball does not enter the basket it is an immediate tachnical foul.
366 days A1060 Screening Green 37 moves his bottom deliberately in the path of Red 10 and causes contact. Offensive foul.
375 days A1059 Unsportsmanlike While White 10 is stealing the ball and have open path to the basket Green 32, who tries to reach for the ball, pushes her from the side. Since there is no other defensive player between White 10 and the basket this push from the side is to be considered as unsportsmanlike foul (C4).
379 days A1058 Act of shooting Blue 99 has picked up the ball and started his act of shooting when contact occurs. 2 free throws shall be awarded.
385 days A1057 Tripping Although the contact (tripping) is accidental, it cannot be disregarded since it causes huge disadvantage to the dribbler who falls to the floor. Normal foul shall be called.
386 days A1056 Verticality Black 21 jumps vertically. White 17 causes contact with his left arm and he loses his balance because of his own push trying to deceive the referees. Black 21 did nothing illegal. No call is the bast call.
391 days A1055 Use of hands While Blue 9 is dribbling he uses his left arm and hits his defender. Offensive foul.
394 days B389 Goaltending-Interference Last free throw. Blue#27 touches the ball from under the basket. Violation, the basket count 1point.
399 days A1053 Unsportsmanlike The defensive player does not make any effort to play the ball during a transition. Unsportmanlike foul (C3). Even if it is not a fast break foul this action is an U-foul (C1)
399 days A1054 Act of shooting Yellow 11 has picked up the ball when contact occurred. 2 free throws shall be awarded.
403 days A1052 Verticality FIBA Tough Calls: Correct decision from the referees. Defender White 3 invaded the shooter’s cylinder, creating a contact on his knee. The 3-point basket is valid and Red 11 is awarded 1 free throw.
407 days A1051 Verticality The defensive player jumps forward and causes contact with the landing shooter. Personal foul, 3 free throws.
413 days B388 Jumpball (situation) After the jump ball a held ball situation occurs between White#7 and Blue#12. The jump ball is repeated between those two players. Correct procedure? YES.
414 days A1049 Charge-Block FiBA Tough Calls:Blue 5 has established an initial legal guarding position outside the no-charge semicircle area. The contact occurs on the torso. Offensive foul for charging.
414 days A1050 Falling to the shooter FIBA Tough Calls: Correct decision from the referees. Green 9 occupied a place on the court that was free when White 33 jumped for the shot. Therefore, he created an illegal contact with the shooter. White 33 will be awarded 3 free throws.
428 days A1048 Verticality FIBA Tough Calls: Incorrect decision from the referees. Defender Black 16 occupied the landing spot of an airborne shooter, creating a contact on the shooter’s left foot. A personal foul should have been called to Black 16 and White 1 should have been awarded 3 free throws.
429 days A1047 Act of shooting FIBA Tough Calls: Incorrect decision from the referees. When the illegal contact occurred, the ball had not come to rest in the player’s hands yet. Red 32 still bounced the ball once more and then grabbed it. The act of shooting had not started yet. The Red team should have been awarded a throw-in from the place nearest to where the foul occurred.
432 days A1046 Unsportsmanlike (fast break) During transition the defensive player causes contact on the dribbler from behind having no real chance to reach the ball. Unsportsmanlike foul (C3).
435 days A1042 Act of shooting Red 1 picks up the ball and starts his act of shooting when he is fouled. Then he changes his mind and passes the ball to to his team mate this is not act of shooting anymore and no free throws shall be awarded.
435 days A1043 Charge-Block Red 1 establishes a legal guarding position close to the endline and the contact occurs on his torso. Charging foul.
435 days A1044 Use of hands Fiba Tough Calls: Correct decision from the referees. The contact created by Yellow 11 is illegal and a team control foul was correctly called.
435 days A1045 Foul by shooter FIBA Tough Calls: Incorrect decision from the referees. White 3 never invades the shooter’s cylinder. It is the shooter, Red 33, who creates the contact by spreading his right leg outside his cylinder. However, this illegal contact does not put White 3 in a disadvantage, so it shall not be called as a personal foul. Red 3 then lets himself fall to the floor in order to fake being fouled. The referee shall give a warning, showing twice the ‘raise-the-lower-arm’ signal to Red 33 for faking the foul. When the game is stopped and the ball is dead, the warning shall also be communicated to the Red Team Head Coach and it shall apply to any member of his team for a similar action for the remaining duration of the game.
436 days A1040 Charge-Block FIBA Tough Calls: Blue 19 had established an initial legal position and the contact occurred on his torso. Offensive foul for charging.
436 days B387 Travel-Dribble FIBA Tough Calls: Incorrect decision from the referees. Yellow 2 stood up without holding the ball. He stood up touching the ball and then held the ball to start a dribble.
436 days A1041 Use of hands FIBA Tough Calls: Incorrect decision from the referees. Blue 77 extended his arm outside his cylinder but didn’t create any contact. The illegal contact was created by White 8, who used his right arm to keep his defender away. A team control foul should have been called.
438 days A1039 Unsportsmanlike (rough play) There are two fouls on the play. Foul by Blue#13 and after the foul Blue#9 is charged with an unsportsmanlike foul. Blue team's 2nd and 3rd foul in the quarter. How to continue the game? The first foul is committed in the act of shooting. Penalty shall be 2 free throws. Then an unsportsmanlike foul is called. Penalty shall be 2+possession. Final decision shall be 2+2+possession.
439 days A1038 Team control foul Both teams have 5 team fouls. What is your call? When White 3 saves the ball at the side lin he catches the ball with two hands. White team gains control at this time. Then Red 1 and White 13 jumps for this ball and White 13 commits a foul. This is a team control foul. No free throws shall be awarded.
442 days A1037 Unsportsmanlike (fast break) White 11 tries to reach for the ball but hits also the hand of B32 who has started his act of shooting during a fast break. Since the act of shooting has started the C4 criteria of U-foul shall not apply. Normal foul, and 2 free throws shall be awarded.
456 days A1034 Screening Green 37 is moving while setting screen. Illegal.
456 days A1035 Unsportsmanlike (fast break) During a transition the defensive player causes a hard contact. Unsportsmanlike foul (C1 or C3).
456 days D57 Special situations White#13 passes the ball, and whilst the ball is in the air Black team's coach receives a technical foul for protesting, immediately then Black 25 intercepts the pass and has a clear path to the basket. After the free throw white team will have a throw-in from its backcourt with 24 seconds on the shot clock.
456 days A1036 Verticality FIBA Tough Calls: Yellow 12 had an open path to the basket and defender Black 22 did not jump vertically (within his own cylinder). He jumped towards Yellow 12, creating an illegal contact that should have been called as a personal foul and 2 free throws should have been awarded to Yellow 12.
464 days A1032 Unsportsmanlike (fast break) White 6 causes unnecessary contact during a transition. Unsportsmanlike foul (C3)
464 days A1033 Pushing Call on the floor was a foul on Blue#6 for pusing. Two shots.
467 days A1031 Advantage-Disadvantage The defensive player wants to commit a tactical foul but changes his mind and therefore the contact is marginal and does not effect the transition. No call is the best call.
472 days A1030 Screening White 10 commits an illegal screen when moving in the path of Red 11 by not giving him time and distance.
475 days A1028 Unsportsmanlike The defensive player does not make any effort to play the ball, just grasps the arm of the dribbler. Unsportsmanlike foul (C1).
475 days A1029 Verticality The defensive player jumps vertically, he is not responsible for the contact. It is the shooter whe leaves his cylinder and jums forward. No call is the best call.
478 days A1027 Verticality FIBA Tough calls: Blue 77 had his arms extended above him but he created an illegal contact jumping towards the shooter (leaving his cylinder). However, the signal was not correct as the defender didn’t hit the shooter on his head.
481 days A1026 Player in the air The defensive player moves into the cylinder of the airborne shooter and causes slight contact but this can cause injury. Defensive foul.
481 days B385 Travelling FIBA Tough Calls: Incorrect decision from the referees. The right foot is the pivot foot and Yellow 12 released the ball to start his dribble before lifting his pivot foot.
487 days B383 Foot Should the throw-in be taken in the front court or in the backcourt after the kicking violation? Since the Red player is considered being on his backcourt, the throw-in shall be administered in the White teams frontcourt, and the shot clock shall remain on 19 seconds.
487 days A1023 Foul by shooter During the drive to the basket Green 5 uses his elbow and hits the head of the defensive player. This is minimum unsportmanlike foul or may even be a diqualifying foul.
487 days B384 Travel-Dribble White 0 catches the ball when his left foot is on the floor, then he takes 2 steps. Legal. The ball is released just before the time expires. Legal basket.
487 days A1024 Unsportsmanlike (rough play) The defensive player moves under the airborne shooter. Unsportsmanlike foul.