wow I can't believe an NBA team could be that dumb to not realize this. 15 seconds on the clock, and who has the ball??? Blake Griffin - for a good 3 seconds. It's the obvious play to foul him IMMEDIATELY and u get 13 seconds on the clock with the last shot and most likely, blake will make only 1, or maybe none. Almost impossible he makes 2. This was a dream situation for the Grizz, cant believe the Clipps inbounded to Griffin. Just don't get it.
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You're stupid.... You never want to leave it to the last score... Dumbest post of the day...
On top of that you still risk him hitting 2 which he has hit his last 3/4... You're even more stupid....Comment -
Some teams would do that, but what's the point? Why GIVE them an opportunity to take the lead at the line, make them earn that shitComment -
Are you out of your mind? The Grizzlies did the correct thing, and got the game to OT. Learn a little more about the game.Comment -
"Dumbest post of the day"
The day is young, but that one should be in the lead for a while.Comment -
You guys must be bigger idiots than me....so ur saying you won't put a 50% FKN FREE THROW SHOOTER at the line at the most clutch time....with, let me point out the most important aspect of this post, FIFTEEN SECONDS on the clock. Just do the math (keeping in mind any % for any player goes down when its clutch time).
Let's see:
-Pick n roll with Cp3 driving to the basket... OR
-Foul a < 50% FT shooter with 15 SECONDS left. WORST case scenario you play for a tie and push to OT. Best case, and the most likely case, u get 15 seconds to hit the winner. And the fact that Grizz were on the road makes it all the more important for them to make this play.
Man you fktards would make great coaches....Your supposed to go with the highest % play at any given time in this game, incase u knuckle-heads didn't know.Comment -
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Every team should play the foul game against the Clippers if they are down by many points. The likes of Jordan, Evans and Griffin are all poor ft shooters. Maybe some teams are just too proud to adopt the 'hack the ______' strategy.Comment -
Popovich will gladly put Griffin at the line next series
None of this CP3 getting whatever he wants bsComment -
I'm sorry but it's a simple rule of basketball, you don't intentionally give away the lead in the final seconds. You have to make the other team earn it. In this case, Memphis called a beautiful trap defense and forced a CP3 turnover. Overtime.
You are saying they should have given Blake Griffin two free throws instead? Look at the three possible scenarios:
1) Griffin misses both - Amazing, you got a stop. You still need to score to make it meaningful.
2) He makes 1 of 2 (most likely) - You just voluntarily gave away the lead with 15 seconds. Again you are forced to score or else you just forfeited a basketball game.
3) He makes both - Memphis just shot themselves in the foot. They are now forced to get a bucket in the final seconds just to send it to overtime.
Listen you guys are obviously growing up in the world of video games where scoring is easy and you can simply pull out whatever trick works best. In a crunch time NBA moment it is extremely difficult to score. You have to make your opponent earn every point. You can't voluntarily put a guy on the line and pray that he misses both shots. That's just not how it works in real life.Comment -
That makes no sense.Originally posted by Sport_FishComment -
what? am I confused or something! was the game not tie? and you want them to commit a foul with time running out or rely on what got you there DEFENSE.Comment -
game was tied and you want to hand them the lead so that grizzlies have to score on their final possession to win?
at best it's a controversial opinion. but you can't call a team dumb for not doing thatComment -
I guess you guys never saw just how effective this was against the likes of Rodman and Shaq.
If Clips play the Spurs and we get a simliar situation in the 4Q, I guarantee Pops won't be 'ashamed' to use this strategy.Comment -
The Grizzlies are dumb, but for other reasons. And I was dumb for putting money on them to win this series.Comment -
Show a clip where this was ever done to Rodman or Shaq with less than 20 seconds and the game is tied like it was last night, nothing is bad about the strategy, but the timing was all wrong for it last night.Originally posted by Sport_FishComment -
This guy obviously trolling for sbr. Bravo, I'm reading and responding.Comment -
Fish, they would foul often in the fourth quarter when they were losing because giving up 1 point and stopping the clock is a good combo. But they didn't foul in a tie game with less than 20 seconds. This makes no sense. You are very wrong here.Originally posted by Sport_FishComment -
I've wondered about this very thing from time to time.... when does simple math kick in?? If you are up by 2 and the other team has the ball dont you want to at the very least guarantee yourself at winning the game? I guess it could be thought of as icing the kicker.... You are a genius if he hits the first and misses the second, but a retard if the opposite happens.Comment -
Originally posted by SparJMU
Thankfully someone tried to type some common sense that OP has no clue about.... There are many creative ways to win a basketball game... this isn't one of them...
Game strategy also says that if you can assume that the coach will make an imperfect play (which isn't stretching it)... One of their idiots will shoot early, miss, and give you an opportunity to win with a couple of notches left...
The general principle is that you never bank on someone "doing"/Making the shot... you assume that by stopping them, which happens generally "MORE" than half the time, that is the best strategy....
to add to the numbers... Blake Griffen will MISS BOTH Free throws less then 20% of the time... so in 80% of the time the lead will be lost... vs 45% that they will hit the shot...Comment
