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Originally posted by Damian
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.
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That's the first I've ever heard that. Just becuase a screener passes between the guard and the dribbler doesn't mean that LGP is lost. There is even a related case book play that explicitly say that the count can continue when there are screening teammates between the guard and the ball handler (quoted below). The count continues through screens.
For that matter, LGP is NOT required for a closely guarded count. LGP is only necessary in determinine who a foul is on if there is contact.
9.10.1 SITUATION D: Team A, while in possession of the ball in its frontcourt: (a) positions four players parallel with the sideline and they pass the ball from one to another with their arms reaching beyond the sideline plane; or (b) has four teammates surround dribbler A1. In both (a) and (b), the opponents are unable to get close to the ball. Ruling: This is considered to be a closely-guarded situation and a violation in five seconds in both (a) and (b), if any B player is within 6 feet of the ball or within 6 feet of the screening teammates and is attempting to gain control of the ball. Preventing opponents from getting to the ball by using screening teammates becomes a violation in five seconds if the opponents are attempting to gain control.