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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
You can possibly have any one of the following:
1)blocking or holding foul on the defender.
2)PC foul on the player with the ball.
3)If the contact is slight and involves player/player, you have a "no call" and keep playing.
4)If the contact is ball/defender OOB,then the ball is OOB off of the defender,and the offense gets the ball OOB for a throw-in.
The call depends on the official's interpretation of what actually happened.Comment away.
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JR
In #1 - 3 you regard the defender as if s/he has established a legal guarding position whereever they are on the court. No problem: 4-23 (Guarding) does not specifically state that the defender must be within the confines of the court to establish legal guarding position.
#4 is the only situation the defender's status on the court comes into play and it is OOB. No Problem: I certainly do not view this situation as basis for a "T" under 10-3-4 (Leaving the court for an unauthorized reason). I believe this action does not violate the "intent" nor the "letter of the law" within this rule.
Therefore, I agree with your position on all four situations.