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Originally Posted by TRef21
2. I would penalize player 1. Inital guarding position has be established and a player may turn to absorb the contact. In this case I would give player 2 the benefit of the doubt and go offense.
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Legal guarding position is completely irrelevant in this particular play. Forget LGP. LGP never has to be established on this particular play. Each player is entitled to their spot on the floor as long as that spot was legally attained. After legally attaining that spot, they can't be pushed off that spot from any angle. If the player with the ball runs down any defender who has a legal spot on the court, the only foul that could be called would be on the player charging.
Any offensive player, with or without the ball, can't simply run a defender down if that defender has attained their spot on the floor legally. LGP is only part of attaining a legal spot on the floor, and it isn't always relevant. Similarly, defensive players can't run offensive players over either if those offensive players have also attained a legal spot on the floor. It's either a foul or incidental contact if they do so.