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Originally Posted by BryanV21
The defender seems to slow down in order to draw the push. If the defender was moving backward and laterally correctly, the offensive player wouldn't have hit him hard enough to knock him over.
Like I originally said, the offensive player doesn't lower his shoulder, extend his arms, or lean forward into the defender.
So I'm not sure who to blame for the contact, thus making me okay with the non-call.
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As I said again, screening rules apply. It is always the responsible of the person that is being screened when the screener is moving in the same direction of the person being screened. So you cannot call a foul by rule on a retreating player that basically is setting a screen. And that player setting a screen never stopped or moved towards the opponent to cause contact. So time and distance really do not apply here.
Peace