Mercy rule applications in last 2 mins.

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Originally Posted by Scrapper1

Because when Team A got the margin to 41, you'd let the clock run. And when Team B scored on the next possession to cut the lead to 39, you'd have stop time, then when Team A scored you'd be back to running time.

Once you hit a certain mark, you let it run until it becomes a possibility that the losing team might make a comeback. That isn't accomplished by using "30 and 30".

True, but at least it would generate crowd interest - can't you hear them already "hey the clocks running!" "hey, stop the clock!" .........