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Originally Posted by Scrapper1
You keep saying this same thing over and over. (I especially like the croaking part.  ) And if we are talking about a dribbler or a stationary player, then you'd be right. But the rule specifically says:
When guarding an airborne player, you have to be at the point of contact BEFORE the player leaves the ground, even if that point of contact is directly backwards from where you were before the opponent left the ground. |
No you don't. You have to be IN THE PATH and NOT MOVE FORWARD. Moving backwards, possibly to the point were A1 will land, doesn't change the result....the defender has satisfied all the requirements of LGP and is legally moving to maintain it.