Desperately Seeking Time Outs

[Hawks Coach]

If I have timeouts left and it is late in a close game, maybe I will be happy we called the TO. Otherwise, there are all kinds of situations where I would rather let the other team get the ball and keep play going. Take this situation - we have the other team rattled by our press and we tip the ball and catch it jumping out of bounds. I would rather lose the ball and keep the other team in disarray - until their coach calls the TO. My players don't know the big picture with respect to overall game flow and when we can endure the turnover and when we should call the TO to keep the ball. Most times, an individual possession does not win a game. TOs called at the right and wrong times can have much more influence on the outcome.