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Message: [QUOTE="ClamOtto, post: 2908158, member: 368"] I agree completely. A lot of conventional wisdom about sports is wrong. Like the idea that beating a team three times in a season is hard - the reality is that if you beat the team twice, you're probably the better team and are likely to win the third time. i would think the same logic would apply in-game. If you're up 20, you're probably the better team (at least that night, in that venue). So it should be more likely you extend the lead rather than give it up. But it doesn't seem to work that way, unless the teams are clearly not on the same level (like Duke vs. Stetson). I'd be curious if there is any data on how often a team with a 15+ point second half lead wins by 20 or more vs. winning by less than 5 (or losing). [/QUOTE]