Part of the problem with all the late fouls is the team with the lead can't build a large enough lead where the trailing team would no longer make an effort to foul to try to get back into the game.
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Interesting idea to alter the end of basketball games
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Originally posted by Heinro View Post+1,000,000
Further, I'd argue that 7% of games which had results changed (3 winners out of 45 triers) is not an insignificant number.
In my opinion the needless reviews for .4 of a second and the stock piling of time outs for the last 4 minutes are much larger issues that are even less effective in changing the outcomes of games and much more frustrating as a fan. Nothing will make an average fan tune out quicker than 2 back to back timeouts followed by a 3 minute review that spans a 15 second span on the game clock.
There never really is a true "buzzer-beater" anymore, even if it appears as clear as day. All the drama is taken out of the moment when immediately after a winning shot, a 5 minute review has to ensue, everybody just stands around waiting, and finally a signal is given, and then a less spontaneous reaction occurs.
So lame.Deuces Valley.
... No really, deuces.
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Originally posted by 1979Shocker View Post
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Leave it alone. There enough teams that trail in these situations that come back in dramatic style to win, which makes it exciting enough to put up with the down side of the scenario. If you are the team in the lead, make your free throws...simple as that.
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Originally posted by SHOXMVC View PostLeave it alone. There enough teams that trail in these situations that come back in dramatic style to win, which makes it exciting enough to put up with the down side of the scenario. If you are the team in the lead, make your free throws...simple as that.
Every now and then, a blind squirrel finds a nut and wins. The fouling makes the game.
Leave the damn thing alone.There are three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city; and never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger on her body. Now you stick to that, and everything else is cream cheese.
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