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Message: [QUOTE="Knicks411, post: 2641191, member: 767"] This discussion (kinda, maybe it doesn't really but go with it) brings up a strategy that I believe is used with some frequency in Europe. It makes more sense in a game with quarters instead of halves. Anyway, I believe some euro teams will foul the other team when they are holding for a last shot to get the ball back. Basically the thought is, if the other team is going to hold for a last shot, if you foul them and send them to the line for 2 FT (lets say an average 75%) foul shooter, you are giving up say 1.50 points on average, but they're going to have the last shot anyway, so if the average possession is worth roughly 1 point, you are giving them an extra .5 points in exchange for getting the ball back, and that extra possession to you should be worth more than half a point, so you win in the trade-off. Similar idea to a 2 for 1, I guess. [/QUOTE]