More on closely guarding
The defender must be guarding the person with the ball. This means that if another offensive player sets a screen and the defender moves behind the screen, he may stay within 6 feet, but it would be impossible to be guarding one person through another, so the count would stop and restart as soon as he re-establishes the guarding position.
Another thing to consider is that the defensive team must be closely guarding the person with the ball. I have never called it, but have seen it called. In a zone defense, a person with the ball may be closeley guarded by one person, a second person may start guarding person the ball before the first releases him as he moves through the zone. If this occurs, you stay on the count without restarting it.
Best of luck to you.
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Damain
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