Bruno
PhD Student
Posts: 1423
Loc: Brooklyn, NY
Reg: 11-21-04
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03-02-24 01:14 PM - Post#364280
In response to HARVARDDADGRAD
The psychology and strategy of playing with a big lead is fascinating to me. Lots of theories why leads get blown in college (and NBA basketball). My own (largely baseless) hypothesis is that teams start to work the clock, meaning they’re not starting their offensive set until half the shot clock has gone by, which limits the quality of their shots and the change in pace from slow to fast further reduces their effectiveness. And then when the other team gets it back they’ll be even more aggressive than normal, and crashing for offensive rebounds. So you end the game with the losing team taking 20 pct (?) more shots down the stretch and over a long enough stretch that will catch up. It’s just math.
But what do I know.
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