What if a defender never established LGP and attempts to guard a dribbler

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

I have a block (or nothing).

B1 was not legally in the spot that is now in A1's path. B1 is moving but was never facing A1....thus never had LGP and right to be moving at the time of contact even if it was lateral relative to A1's path.

If, however, A1 made the contact solely for the sake of making contact, I'll probably call nothing....tough luck A1.

Camron:

In my play, A1 and B1 are moving in the same direction along parallel paths, meaning that B1 is setting a legal moving screen against A1 within A1's vision. If A1 moves into B1 and displaces B1 from his path, then A1 has committed a pushing foul.

MTD, Sr.