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Originally Posted by Man In Blue
A defensive player to the side or behind an offensive player is not in a legal guarding position
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Originally Posted by Adam
Wow
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That makes sense. If the players are running side-by-side down the court or the defender is chasing them from behind, the defender is not in their path and does not have LGP.
IMO, that statement isn't about the direction the offensive player is facing but about the defender's position relative to the offensive player's path.