Posted: Thu Dec 04, 2014 10:38 am Post subject: NBA Rules Authority: Verticality and the Restricted Area
The NBA posts an occasional feature on how the rules work. This one caught my interest because it comes in response to the no-call on Kobe's drive to the basket against Toronto:
It's in many ways a safety rule, as the offensive player is usually airborn in the restricted zone, so being on the ground on your feet basically has you undercut the player, whereas being airborn has the contact side by side so the chance of injury is magnitudes less.
And lol @ the nba doing this right after the Valanciunas on Kobe _________________ I believe everything the media tells me except for anything for which I have direct personal knowledge, which they always get wrong
Fisher isn't jumping, so verticality has nothing to do with it.
Artest also had his body turned in the first play, so again, verticality doesn't apply.
granted. my point is that the NBA is wildly inconsistent about these things, and trying to explain why one play was called a certain way is suspect in itself. Looks like damage control by the NBA for it's nonsensical officiating.
Fisher isn't jumping, so verticality has nothing to do with it.
Artest also had his body turned in the first play, so again, verticality doesn't apply.
And his foot was in the restricted area and he was late to get there to establish position. Looked like an obvious call to me. This game had to be like 5 years ago how is he still thinking about it?
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