[CompSci87]

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The Colorado player was responsible for Marta being on the floor in the first place. She backed into Bird (no call), knocking her backward into Marta and sending both of them to the floor. Then she continued backing up, tripped over one of her victims (Marta) and landed on Marta's head. Talk about a bull in a china shop!

What I saw was that the feet of Marta and Bird collided, resulting in a twisted ankle for Marta with Bird's foot on it.  That took down Marta, and then Bird.  The Colorado player, unaware of the players on the ground, was backing up and felt something under her feet. Rather than stepping hard on the uneven surface, she instead fell, landing on the head of Marta who was just raising her head. Had she not been raising her head, I think she would have been better off.
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I was looking at that play through my Cardinal-colored glasses, but I do think the Colorado player initiated the domino effect by backing up into Bird to try to gain better position, thus pushing her backward. Marta was right behind Bird, leading to their feet getting tangled and the rest happening as you described.

The Colorado player was unable to keep her balance after Bird fell and thus couldn't help taking another step backward.

Backing up like that really was a normal thing for the Colorado player to do that rarely gets called if not extreme. Just had an unfortunate result.

[CompSci87]

[quote author=CompSci87 link=topic=16453.msg186544#msg186544 date=1484521347]
The Colorado player was responsible for Marta being on the floor in the first place. She backed into Bird (no call), knocking her backward into Marta and sending both of them to the floor. Then she continued backing up, tripped over one of her victims (Marta) and landed on Marta's head. Talk about a bull in a china shop!

What I saw was that the feet of Marta and Bird collided, resulting in a twisted ankle for Marta with Bird's foot on it.  That took down Marta, and then Bird.  The Colorado player, unaware of the players on the ground, was backing up and felt something under her feet. Rather than stepping hard on the uneven surface, she instead fell, landing on the head of Marta who was just raising her head. Had she not been raising her head, I think she would have been better off.
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I was looking at that play through my Cardinal-colored glasses, but I do think the Colorado player initiated the domino effect by backing up into Bird to try to gain better position, thus pushing her backward. Marta was right behind Bird, leading to their feet getting tangled and the rest happening as you described.

The Colorado player was unable to keep her balance after Bird fell and thus couldn't help taking another step backward.

Backing up like that really was a normal thing for the Colorado player to do that rarely gets called if not extreme. Just had an unfortunate result.