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A team doesn't "lose on [a] foul." They win or lose on the score, which is always cumulative of the entire game, including the calls you make. In a close game, something you may or may not have called in the first quarter affects the game's outcome every bit as something you may or may not have called in the last minute. In basketball, we often hear, "THAT decided the game." It's never just THAT. It's always a series of things. To pin an outcome on one play -- no matter how memorable it may be -- is really a lazy-minded outlook. In a close game, you can often find at least a dozen things that could have changed the outcome. |
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The only thing Team A can do it is keep playing and do the best it can. I don't see how it can "make up" for your mistake. Quote:
Mind you, that doesn't give anyone permission not to bring their A-game early. Quite the contrary, bring it and maintain it throughout. You will have an effect in a close game, just make sure it's not a negative one. |
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And, the fact is, that the closer to the end of the game, the more scrutiny there is on the players, the coaches and the officials. |
Are you going to suggest a team plays the same in the last minute with a 2 point lead as they do when down by 2 points? Or even when they're tied? You take away two points from a team with a minute left, they can possibly recover. You take away two points with no time on the clock, they can't.
Talk all you want about FTs missed and layups missed (and they aren't irrelevant), but let's not pretend a mistake with 2 minutes left is the same as a mistake with 2 seconds remaining. |
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My point is that, in a close game, our actions always affect the outcome. The belief that officials shouldn't affect the outcome is unrealistic, and it usually comes from what people can remember. People typically move on from something you kicked earlier in the game, but when you analyze a game objectively, what you do indeed plays a role, whether people remember it or not. |
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If A1 misses two FTs that would have tied the game with a minute left, it's a big deal but not insurmountable. If he misses those same game-tying FTs with 1 second left, overcoming becomes even more difficult. If he misses those same game-tying FTs with no time left, the error has now become insurmountable. |
The same applies to missed calls or kicked rules. If I wipe off a game-tying score with 60 seconds left; they can possibly recover. If I wipe it with no time left, they cannot. Whether the score got wiped due to a player's error (travel, PC foul, etc) or my error (bad call, poor rules knowledge) makes no difference WRT the ability of the team's ability to recover.
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Okay, fair enough.
Now, allow me to connect your dots. "Overcome" seems to be the key verb here. Are you saying that it's okay to kick a call, provided that a team can overcome it? |
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/sarcasm. |
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1. Acknowledge that a late mistake is more damaging than an early mistake. 2. Acknowledge that you think players and coaches don't make adjustments late in the game based on the score. 3. Simply live with the cognitive dissonance. |
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If you have a choice (and you really don't), then you'd rather kick a call at the beginning of the game than at the end. All missed calls affect the game. Those at the end affect the game more. No one said (I don't think) that missed calls at the beginning don't affect the game. |
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