I can't understand why coaches don't foul up 3 with less than 10 seconds.
Too many factors have to occur for the opponent to beat or tie you if you foul.
Well, more like 5 seconds. Fouling with 10 is way too early. Especially in the NBA, when you can call TO and advance the ball to halfcourt.
(possibly the most ridiculous rule in sports. Automatically advancing the ball to halfcourt? How does that make ANY sense? Imagine if baseball teams were allowed to put a runner on 1st to start the 9th inning. Or if football teams were allowed to start at the 50 during the last 2 minutes.)
Phil did that today and ended up in OT. Bruiser Flint did that 2 weeks ago and lost in OT.
you bring up 2 occasions...and how many other games have went FINAL in that 2 week span with no fouls?????????
STRAIGHT UP DEFENSE YO!!!!!!
billy h.
These are 2 on the top my mind. If you foul, they have to make the 1st miss the 2nd get the rebound, and make a shot.
Let them shoot and they just need to make 1 shot.
i agree 5 or 4 is right.in the game today avery didnt have any more timeouts,plus they had to take the ball full court.Well, more like 5 seconds. Fouling with 10 is way too early. Especially in the NBA, when you can call TO and advance the ball to halfcourt.
(possibly the most ridiculous rule in sports. Automatically advancing the ball to halfcourt? How does that make ANY sense? Imagine if baseball teams were allowed to put a runner on 1st to start the 9th inning. Or if football teams were allowed to start at the 50 during the last 2 minutes.)
I've seen it. Team up 3 points fouls, guy hits the first free throw, misses the second free throw. The team down 2 grabs the offensive rebound, gets the put back and is fouled again. Guy hits the free throw and the team that was up by 3 is now losing the game by 1. This scenario and the scenario where the team is trying to foul and they accidentally foul the guy while he attempts a 3 pointer is the reason coaches don't foul in this situation.
Dallas didn't have any timeouts left and the Lakers were up by 3. Kidd got the ball inside the 3-point arc so you foul him then. Especially when you have an outside threat like Dirk. It's not like he never drained one from 3-point range.
I had the under 104 1/2 for the 2nd half.
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