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Unfortunately, the ref responsible was also allowed to finish out the game. Regardless who was at fault, A good referee would have blown the whistle immediately when initial contact was made when both players were going for the ball instead of waiting for the situation to escalate.Dissecting this any further as if there was something genuine at issue in the call is pointless. The ref misread the scene and made a bad call — I think he meant to give the foul entirely to Aaliyah. The other refs consulted the tape and talked some sense into him. But the only way forward was to pretend it was offsetting fouls. I’m sure the whole episode was quite chastening for them. What matters is the players were allowed to play out the rest of the game.