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Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee
You're claiming that the rule must be enforced literally by the plain language of the rule? Does that include all three of these situations then in your opinion?
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To me, the path is a line between the defender and the dribbler, not between the dribbler and the basket (which is what your examples imply). Assuming we are in the front court, it does not matter what the dribbler does ...or which way the dribbler moves...as long as the defender is within 6 feet and there is no intervening screen. That makes it closely guarded. So I would have a closely guarded count in each example you cite.