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[QUOTE="intlzncster, post: 2793472, member: 56"]
You've never seen the concept of driving for the quick two?   That happens all the time.

It was defined by the guy who did the analysis in the first place.  He's some professor at Ball State who's also member of mensa, so he's not a total idiot.

I can't be bothered to go find it though.   You think it's more common than it is because that's what you remember by way of confirmation bias.   But so many games end 'as they should' and you simply forget about them all.

If it were such a disincentive to foul, that just means you'd end games early, as it would be mathematically 'impossible' for one team to come back.  One team would dribble at half court for 25sec at a clip.

Of course, we know that wouldn't happen, it would be a foul fest the exact same way.

Coaches are smart, as you say.   Down 10, they have two choices.  Burn 25 seconds of the clock, or foul and hope the guy misses 3 FTs.   A coach is going to foul everytime, because his team needs the ball back more times than there are standard possessions on the clock.

I dunno if you've thought it out completely.  The only thing you would be doing is making less comebacks occur which is fine, if that's what you were going for in the first place.   But it would not be for lack of trying on the losing coachs' part.
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