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Message: [QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 4996144, member: 405"] Margin of victory is more important in football than it basketball. Let's just start with that. In hoops, you play to manage a lead on the road if you are ahead. Running out the clock may lead to more opponent scores. Then there is the idea of fouling to stop the clock. Sometimes that does reduce the lead, but sometimes balloons it even bigger. These last 2 dynamics - milk the lead and foul if you're behind - are part of every game, but are not part of the proper "game flow" between 2 teams when the game is still competitive. I think margin should be a minor stat - if the win is by one possession (3 points or less), or more than that. [/QUOTE]