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Two scenarios involving "screening," one offense, one defense.
1. A1 just outside the left block, B1 guarding, A2 comes from right block to set a blind screen (order of players from left to right is A1, B1, A2). A1 starts to cut, B1 gets hit by A2's blind screen without getting a full step. By my reading of the rules, outside the visual field of the player, A2 must give B1 one free step to avoid the screen, so this is a foul on A2. Is this correct?
2. B is in a 2-3 zone. Ball is on the left wing. A1 is just outside the left block. B1 is fronting A1, B2 has slid over behind A1, but is playing in a help position (A3 is in the right block), so continues to face the top of the key rather than toward A1. Order of players is B1, A1, B2, with B2 not facing A1 and therefore "screening" her. A2 on wing attempts an ill-advised lob to A1. As A1 extends a hand and begins to step toward hoop to catch ball, she collides with B2, again not getting a full step. Is B2 guarding, standing, or setting a blind screen. How do you decide?
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