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Title: The Basketball Timeout Post by: Dave Gray on May 30, 2006, 05:26:13 pm I just want to give props to the timeout in NBA Basketball. It's effectiveness amazes me.
Realistically, in the NFL, the timeout just serves to stop the clock, or if you're running out of time on a play. Occasionally, you can be a little creative and try to ice the kicker or draw up a trick play, but realistically, it's a one-trick pony that doesn't really do much. However, in the NBA, the timeout really works. How many times do you see a 10-0 run reversed with a timeout? Always. It's such a momentum stopper, and really makes the team come out of it charged up. I think that good coaching in the NBA really makes a difference. You see effective use of timeouts win and lose games in the NBA all the time, and not because of time management, but because it cools your players off and levels their heads. Here's to you, NBA Timeout. Title: Re: The Basketball Timeout Post by: Phishfan on May 30, 2006, 06:51:25 pm Most people you listen to do not appreciate the timeout. I, while not liking the NBA do enjoy college basketball, enjoy watching a basketball game wind down to about a 1.5 minutes with both teams having a timeout. I have never had any sport take me to the edge of my seat for so long.
Title: Re: The Basketball Timeout Post by: Denver_Bronco on May 31, 2006, 07:52:44 am LMAO. This post has my laughing. It sounds like one of those Bud commercials. Excellent point Dave. The NBA timeout is very effective.
Title: Re: The Basketball Timeout Post by: ADeadSmitty on May 31, 2006, 07:57:40 am I agree the NBA timeout is effective. But I hate it. There is no strategy in using them because each team apparently gets thirty-four timeouts a half.
Title: Re: The Basketball Timeout Post by: Phishfan on May 31, 2006, 10:03:17 am Those are not the teams Smitty. Those are television timeouts.
Title: Re: The Basketball Timeout Post by: jtex316 on May 31, 2006, 10:50:59 am I think Fouling is also a lost art that Pat Riley has revitalized.
The game 1 on-purpose foul of Ben Wallace while up by 10 pts. to stop a possible Pistons Run was by far the coaching genius of the year in sports. Not only did Ben Wallace miss both free-throws, the Pistons thought they could retaliate and foul Shaq. Well, they did foul Shaq...but the Heat weren't in the penalty yet, so instead of shooting free-throws, the Heat just took the ball out of bounds. Then, before the Heat inbouded the ball, Shaq was substituted for Alonzo Mourning. BRILLIANT. |