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Message: [QUOTE="nzm136, post: 2732257, member: 2531"] [B]"This is about what stresses a defense. Your take has been a slow 'they know it's coming and can't stop it' stresses a defense more than a quick strike (explosiveness) or a drive with tempo."[/B] Can you not read? My comment was, is, and will continue to be that efficient offenses stress the opposing defenses more than non-efficient offenses, and that style of play doesn't really have a material impact in and of itself. Unlike you, I am not on a crusade to defend a specific style of play. I literally wrote "Worrying about style is pointless unless your name rhymes with “Alabama.” Efficiency and consistency are what matter." - Post #30 I also wrote post #39, where I again explicitly said that style didn't matter. And I made it very clear that I didn't have any inherent issues with pace offenses in post #57 and post #59. 'Explosiveness' does not matter. It's a stupid buzz word that's usually misunderstood. Efficiency matters. Again, it Team A scores 6 points per possession in a game, and Team B scores 1 point per possession in a game, then Team A *will* win the game if they have the same number of possessions. The number of possessions does not matter. I have absolutely no idea how you can't grasp this concept. The score differential will be (6-1)*#possessions each team has, and A will always win. The number of possessions will only increase the margin of victory by 5*#. In and of itself, it's a lever and nothing more. [B]"3rd grade sports psychology: It's easier to play with a 2 or 3 score lead than it is to play from behind"[/B] I'm guessing you weren't on too many sports teams in the 3rd grade. 2-3 score leads only happen if you are more consistent and efficient than the other team. Otherwise, you're on the business end of the 2-3 score differential. But if you really want to get into it, it's a lot easier to play down 14 if you've already scored 70 points in the game vs. being down 14 and not having scored any points yet. Scores don't occur in vacuums. [/QUOTE]

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