FIBA and the Possession Arrow

[Mark Dexter]

Originally posted by Hawks Coach

The AP gives what you have earned every time, and takes what you have lost every time. You get half a possession for every tie up, you lose half a possession every time you get tied up. That is the most fair resolution of the held ball situation, because neither team was able to assert complete control. You want the ball, get it completely. Get it halfway, that is what you really get - half a possession.

I like the AP arrow (especially when compared to the alternative), but you can't take the 1/2 possession rule much further than statistical analysis --- trailing 1 with 1.3 seconds to go, you're not going to give a mouse's behind about 1/2 of a possession.