Even the NBA is acknowledging that the last two minutes of close NBA games is intolerable. They say its because the younger generation has such short attention spans, but I stopped watching the NBA over 20 years ago on a regular basis because of those endings. I've commented on it more than once in my blogs.
Too many timeouts, and too many free-throw opportunities.
The NBA actually REWARDS the fouling team by giving the other team a chance to miss free-throws, giving them a chance to get back in the game.
How stupid is that? And then all those timeouts for strategy. They're professionals, let them figure how who should take that last shot on their own. There is no good reason the last two minutes of an NBA game should go half an hour in real time.
It doesn't create drama. It creates a ridiculous waste of time.
The easy thing to do would be to remove timeouts in the last two minutes and to simply give the ball back to the team that was fouled. The team with the lead shouldn't be forced to defend that lead by such silly, artificial constructs.
It would be a big step in the right direction. I might even watch more.
I actually might be able to watch the end of a game. Bring it on!!
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