San Diego: Tech Foul in Finals

[Squillo]

OK, sorry about using the wrong terminology (re: possession) - you're right, that is for robots.

I guess what I was confused about was I didn't see, or hear any reference to, any "strategy" or "intentional" action, so I didn't think about G32 (which I thought required deliberate action). Since I didn't see any deliberate action (nor did I remember the ref using the word "strategy" or "intentionally" or '"deliberately" or anything similar), and didn't happen to hear the actual rule number (if it was called out), I thought the ref was referring to an accidental deflection (like the blue ball accidentally bounced off a red ball the HP was holding, getting ready to inbound). I guess that was what it was, but it happened AFTER the HP let go of the ball - not while s/he was holding it, getting ready to inbound. To me that seems even MORE off base, unless the HP deliberately threw the red ball toward the blue ball in an apparent attempt to move it. It is so hard to watch everything at once, but I didn't think I'd seen anything like that (or heard it called out during the match).

Anyway, having gotten it into my head (for the robots) that one team's ball accidentally bouncing off another's was OK, I was confused by the call. Now I see that it was apparently just a bad call. Bummer.