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Originally Posted by BillyMac
Why do basketball officials "pretend" that they don't like overtime games. It's exciting for players, coaches, fans, and officials. If nonofficials hear us "pretending" not to like overtime games, they might get the wrong impression that we just want to finish the game, get our paycheck, and go home as soon as possible. Officials on all levels. Please stop this "pretending". It makes me ashamed to be an official.
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Overtimes? Personally, I don't allow them. If the game is close near the end, I tell my partner, "If this goes into overtime -
IT'S YOUR FAULT!!!"
I tell people that, as an official, I don't care who wins the game. All I care about is that at the end of regulation time, one team has at least one point more than the other.
