Block/Player Control/No Call

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Originally Posted by Camron Rust

If the dribbler completely goes a new direction such that the defender is, even for a moment, not in the dribbler's path (the direction the dribbler is moving), the defender has lost LGP.

Respectfully, I think you're incorrect on that point, Camron. 4-23-3c clearly says that the defender maintains his position (which is a LGP, according to the previous article), by moving laterally.

Additionally, a defender maintains a closely guarded count even when the defender is not directly in the dribbler's path. By your reasoning, as soon as the dribbler moved laterally, the count should stop. (If he's not in the path, then he's not guarding; so how can he be closely guarding?)