Unsportsmanlike?

[jdw3018]

Originally Posted by MeRef

4.7.1 applies here if we use reasoned judgment that as the game was progressing that A1 was not letting B move and B contact A1 who was an inch away. "Blocking is illegal personal contact which impedes the progress of an opponent with OR WITHOUT the ball."

"...facing him and staring right in his face. Player B had no room to even take a step forward. On one free throw, player B went to the opposite end and player A continued to shadow him and get in his face....

Where is the contact that is illegal? A1 is an inch away - that seems to indicate no contact. If B1 tries to get around A1, and A1 holds or blocks him to prevent B1's getting around him, then it should be a foul call.