February 24, 2018
Nick Elam, Ph.D.
THE FOLLOWING POWERPOINT SLIDES WERE NOT SHOWN ON VIDEO CLIP:
OUTLINE (SLIDE 2)
- Game clock’s warping effect on late-game quality and style of play
- Sport-by-sport scoring rates: Why basketball is the only major sport that can have the best of both (timed and untimed) worlds
- Details, considerations, and possibilities associated with the hybrid duration format (Elam Ending)
- Q&A
GAME CLOCK’S WARPING EFFECT ON LATE-GAME PLAY IN BASKETBALL (SLIDES 3-5)
- Deliberate fouling by trailing defense
- Stalling by leading offense
- Rushed/sloppy possessions by trailing (or tied) offense
- Dearth of late comebacks (due to above factors)
- Trailing teams conceding games
- Clock controversies, malfunctions, and reviews
- Anticlimactic overtimes
- Many games (even many highly-anticipated and/or competitive games) devoid of a single signature moment or lasting image
- Unceremonious endings and muted celebrations
- Drawn-out final minutes
- Uncontested lay-ups allowed by leading defenses
- Intentionally missed free throws by either team
- Trailing team punished for having fouls to give
- Foulouts (from deliberate fouling and/or overtime)
- Silly strategies (rolled inbounds passes, vacating the lane during teammate’s free throw attempts, throwing the ball directly into the air to exhaust time, etc.)
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