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Message: [QUOTE="Carnac, post: 2573317, member: 5798"] Probably BOTH. He was probably displeased that the bench was prisoners of the moment, imploring her to take the shot. We've seen Geno on many occasions hold up a hand to the player with the ball as the clock is running out to hold the ball. Geno's team did what he wanted them to do. No need to add an exclamation point. Geno does not want to embarrass or cheap shot their opponent by taking a last shot when they're already up by 25 points because they can. It's similar to stealing a base in baseball when you're up BIG late in the game. Although former Dodger manager [B]Tommy Lasorda[/B] had an answer for anyone that questioned his decision to continue to keep trying to score until the game was over. He said (paraphrasing) [I]"If the other manager tells me he's going to stop trying to score runs and stage a come back to win the game, then I'll stop trying to increase the lead. Until that happens, I can't assume anything. So I'm going to try and add to our lead to secure the win". Lasorda wasn't going to get caught between a rock and a hard place trying be a nice guy. [/I] It's almost impossible to stage a comeback win in basketball if you're down more than 5-6 possessions and the clock is running down below 15 seconds. If you haven't made any headway in the first 39 min 45 sec, what are you going to do the last 15 secs? :confused: [/QUOTE]