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Originally Posted by JRutledge
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
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Yeah, same as Camron. The Belmont player was the defender so LGP rules do apply.
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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 to whether he obtained LGP, the answer is yes. The UNC player had two strides – at least – to be able to avoid the contact and didn’t.
By the way how does one move “backwards and laterally correctly?” The defender had established LGP and never moved forward into the offensive player. Given those two elements what did he do wrong that could have caused him to possibly be blamed for the contact? There’s no requirement for a push/TC foul that a player lower his shoulder, etc. and there’s also no requirement that the defender stand like a statue and get RTFO. You may opt not to blow in the situation – and I would disagree – but if there’s a call in this case it really has to go against the offense.