Thread: Is it a foul?
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Old Wed Feb 06, 2002, 02:30pm
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Quote:
Originally posted by Slider
If someone plays great position defense; they do everything right in the official's eyes; you want to punish that player when they jump vertically, arms vertical, by letting a shooter push them away with the ball in order to get off a shot.
This isn't "great position defense." Great defense would be grabbing the ball as the shooter is handing it to you, thus getting a jump or even a steal.
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