Partner calls 48 fouls - I counted them

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Originally Posted by CoachCER

I once coached a middle school team in a conference of private schools. The level of play was better than rec, but still below that of the local public schools.
I had one game that season where I had the misfortune of watching both teams attempt a total of 88 foul shots (50 by my team). I believe I had 4 (maybe 5) players foul out, and I know the other team was somewhere in that range. They also had their head coach ejected fairly early in the 3rd quarter. It was by far the longest game I ever coached.

Instead of playing a game, why didn't the official's just split up and have both teams line up at the free throw line, at their own end of the court, and have each player shoot 10 free throws? They could count how many were made, and the team that hit the most would be declared the winner. There was no use in "playing" the game. There was no "game". It was just a free throw shooting contest.