It's really tough to get usable shots from the stands. Best choice to try to do that is from as high as you can go just below the foul line extended. Nothing against any of your photos, but they do not fit what my editor looks for. If that's what I turned in to him he would be pretty ticked off at me, but this is what he would do.

That is not to say that this is a better photo. What every editor I know is looking for is close ups of faces at the peak moment of action without any blank space around the photo. It's considered a bad thing to cut off body parts such as the defenders arm here, but it's considered even worse to have a bunch of blank space. Without a tight crop there is just too much space on the top right, so this is approximately what my editor would do.