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[QUOTE="CardiacCuse, post: 4082674, member: 6979"]
up 11 with 5 min to go.

should the opponent having  a shot to tie at the end of the game be considered good basketball? in that scenario, do you want the opponent to have a shot to tie at the end of regulation? yes or no?

if no - then do not play scared "run out the clock".

the indiana game never shoudlve gone to 2 OT as well.

2 wins but still...lucky... and doesnt mean its the right strategy.  the opponent's win chances decreased overall from the start of the strategy to the end of the game.  yes the wins still happened [I]but only barely.[/I]

NET rewards margin of victory for a reason...as i think it should.

its "losing" in terms of what happens to plus/minus during that strategy whether or not it results in actual losses occurring. i dont like it.  and understand why you dont mind it.

i think it trains nervousness and passivity into the players - at least it can - and builds bad habits. shrinks the margin of error needlesslessly.

[I]it seems like the right play because the performance of the players gets worse using it...so it seems that it is necessary...when in fact the reason it is necessary is compounded by its employment...its a self-perpetuating cycle.[/I]

for me, a team should only employ a strategy that has a losing plus/minus if and only if it must.
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