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Originally Posted by bob jenkins
Without taking sides (because I don't really know*):
Play: Defender B1 takes an otherwise-legal guarding position with one foot (a) on the sideline, or (b) on the division line. Dribbler A1 charges into B1.
Ruling: (a) Block. (b) ??
(* IRL, it's easy to call the dribbling play a BC violation because "everyone" will see the foot on the line and "no one" will know of any inconsistency in the rule.)
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"as similar.... as possible"
There are going to be obvious discrepancies in how they are approached. For example, it's not against the rules for a team to throw the ball into the backcourt; only to be the first to touch it afterwards.
In more than one ruling, from what I remember, though, they try to apply some of the same principles. I could see this being one of those cases.