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Message: [QUOTE="Dogdeacon, post: 2734286, member: 1026"] All great points. Yet there is something intrinsic to the game itself that necessitates taking the ball to the rim. The more aggressive nature of it, the higher margin for error, the increased odds of getting to the foul line (pts + getting confidence of seeing ball go in hoop) are all direct results of driving that make it a fundamental to basketball strategy. And more anecdotally if you play pickup and miss a few jump shots when its 'point game' you simply know in your gut that its time to drive to the hoop. There are lots of players that don't want the ball with the game on the line. I think shooting game 7 three-pointers is a microcosm of this - somehow these teams (especially the Celtics) should have figured out that reliance on the 3-ball in game 7 was a much more risky strategy than statistics might indicate. [/QUOTE]