PC?

[drinkeii]

Originally posted by canuckrefguy
I'm asking myself "who initiated the contact?".

B1 has the right to be running near A1, so long as he does not contact A1.

A1 pushing B1 out of his path is clearly a PC foul, I think. Unless I'm missing something, here.

Ya, I think that is the confusion - B1 is guarding A1, but never established a LGP (2 feet on the floor inbounds, facing the player, between them and the basket) - they were attempting to get in front of them or stay in front of them, but never established a position. A1, while running down the court, initiated the contact on B1 (who could have been guarding him or could have just been running in the area in front of A1) by reaching out away from his body and pushing B1, causing B1 to move in a different direction from their initial movement. B1 was attempting to guard A1, but for purposes of block/charge calls, B1 had never established a LGP - the play which generated this situation was in transition, just over the half court line.

And no other A or B players were involved - everyone else was in transition, and no one was near those two, since it was near one side of the court.