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Here's a situation that actually happened to me 2yrs ago that MAY have applied here:
Last game of the regular season. Team A 9-0. Team B 8-1 (their only loss was to Team A earlier in the year). Team A can win the conf. championship tie-breaker if they lose by 6pts or less. Team B wins the tie-breaker only if they win by 7pts or more.
Near the end of the 4th quarter, Team B (ahead by 3) was fouling Team A in order to get the ball back. At one point, Team A was losing by 5pts w/ under 1 minute to go and stalling (yes, the losing team was HOLDING the ball). Team B - the winning team - was trapping and going for the steal; which they got - only to have B4 miss a dunk (instead of attempting a lay-up). Team A recovered the rebound and passed the ball up court where A2 jacked up a missed 3pt shot; Team A fouled Team B going for the rebound, resulting in 2 FT's for Team B....
I never thought I would see a coach whose team was losing by 5pts w/ :10 to play go berserk when his player attempts a 3pt shot and then fouls the opposing player who rebounded the ball...The coach was trying to lose the game, but only by 6pts or less. I will remember that game forever.
BTW the loss of the game and the conference championship affected Team A so much that they got soundly beat by an inferior team the following week in the 1st round of the state tournament
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