When is cheating not cheating vs when is cheating unsportsmanlike?

[Dad]

Originally Posted by Adam

Once it's clear to me that the defense what the defense is attempting to do, I'm going to warn their coach that the next one will be a technical foul.

Both teams are doing things to delay this game, but only one is breaking the rules to do it.

I'm switching to what you should do\what you said. Ran to get my book to quote 9.3.3 D, but I had forgotten the end of it:

If time is not a factor, the defense should be penalized with the violation or a technical foul for unsporting behavior