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Originally Posted by Snaqwells
Once LGP is established, you do not need to continue facing the opponent to maintain it.
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4-23-1: "Every player is entitled to a spot on the playing court provided such player gets there first without illegally contacting an opponent."
In the play at hand, what I see is the defender leaning backward as he slides into the path of the dribbler. At contact, the defender's feet are straddling the offensive player. As far as I'm concerned, this defender did not "get there first,"
and this would have been a block whether the dribbler had gone airborne or not.