Screening vs Guarding

[blindzebra]

Originally posted by Hawks Coach
Mark
What I am struggling with is where you draw the line between guarding and screening on defense. Why is this a failed attempt to screen rather than a failed attempt to guard?

The only difference if if you are guarding you are trying to prevent a player from going where they want to go. A screen is trying to re-direct that player.

Chucking a cutter fails at both, and the call is the same, so it is pretty nit-picking.