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Entitled to a spot on the floor . . .
The requirement for legal guarding position applies to a player who is guarding a player with the ball. And a player with the ball gets nothing, no time, no space. Taken together, think about the extreme case. B1 is standing in the lane with his back to the dribbler, A1, who is above the key. A1 smacks into B1. It's a player control foul. In the dicier example sited in this thread, if B1 is not guarding A1, and if B1 is motionless at the moment of impact, B1 has not attempted to become a 'guarder of A1' and the foul is on A1.
This is one of the toughest calls to see happen - you have to be way ahead of the play!
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