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Originally posted by Bobby
Argentina has already been the first major FIBA victim of the arrow. A Manu Ginobili three-point attempt was lodged between the rim and backboard when they were down three with under a minute remaining.
Arrowball!
Venezuela got the ball on the arrow and won the game solely on the arrow.
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Arrows do not vicitmize teams. Teams play the game and make mistakes, and the arrow delivers a consistent result on a no possession, no advantage situation. If there was a jump ball rule Venezuela had the best jumper and won every jump ball (including one with a few seconds left), you could make a more plausible argument that somebody got hosed by an unfair rule. AP always evens out, so nobody gets an advantage. Maybe Argentina needed a few more points in the rest of the game. Maybe being three down in the last minute is not the best strategic position to be in if you want to win a critical basketball game.
By the way, I guess you must be assuming they win the jump, hit the three, tie the game, play great defense preventing a score, and win in overtime, therefore they got shafted? That's a lot of ifs, especially considering Ginobli missed the tying three in the first place, hence the AP situation. Why not conclude that Ginobli failed to hit the big shot? And if Ginobli's miss had careened OOB, would Argentina have been hosed by an unfair OOB rule that penalizes you for having a ball take an unluck bounce off the rim in the last minute of a game?