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Originally posted by Jurassic Referee
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Originally posted by ChuckElias
The NBA and NCAA stop the clock after a made basket in the closing minute(s) of the game so that the team that's leading can't simply hold the ball OOB and let the last 4.9 seconds of the game elapse. They want to force the team to play that last 5 seconds.
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Then why doesn't that rule only apply to the last 5 seconds instead of the whole last minute, Mr. Logic Person?
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Um, b/c you can't run out the last 5 seconds of the game while you're still in the first minue of the game? Seems like pretty simple logic to me. :shrug: