Coach,
Keep in mind that time and space do not matter when guarding a player with the ball, once the defender has established a LGP the offensive player is responsible for contact even if the defensive player gets to the spot a fraction of a second before the dribbler.
When "bumping a cutter", time and space do matter because you are guarding a player without the ball. The defensive cannot jump in front of the cutter and create contact, he must give time and space to the cutter as you would when setting a screen. If the defensive player
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