Hybrid Format for Game Duration: Time-Based AND Points-Based

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1st Round
16 NC A&T/16 Liberty FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, SUBDUED, END
11 St. Mary’s/11 MTSU FOUL, STALL, CONCEDE, UNCONTESTED, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, SILLY, SUBDUED, END
16 LIU-Brooklyn/16 JMU FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, SILLY, SUBDUED, BONUS, END
13 La Salle/13 Boise St. FOUL, STALL, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, SILLY, SUBDUED, DQ, END

2nd Round (East)
16 JMU/1 Indiana STALL, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, SILLY, END
9 Temple/8 NC St. FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, UNCONTESTED, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, CLOCK, DEAD, SILLY, SUBDUED, ROLL, DQ, INJURY, END
12 Cal/5 UNLV FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, UNCONTESTED, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, DEAD, SILLY, SUBDUED, ROLL, BONUS, END (Note: controversy when an attempted deliberate foul was not called)
13 Montana/4 Syracuse STALL, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, SILLY, ROLL, END
14 Davidson/3 Marquette FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, PREDICTABLE, CLOCK, FLUKY, DEAD, SILLY, SUBDUED, END
11 Bucknell/6 Butler FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, DEAD, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, END
10 Colorado/7 Illinois FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, CLOCK, DEAD, SUBDUED, ROLL, DQ, END
15 Pacific/2 Miami STALL, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, SILLY, END

2nd Round (Midwest)
16 NC A&T/1 Louisville STALL, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, SILLY, ROLL, END
9 Missouri/8 Colorado St. FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, CONCEDE, UNCONTESTED, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, DEAD, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, END
12 Oregon/5 OK St. FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, CONCEDE, UNCONTESTED, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, BORE, SILLY, ROLL, END
13 New Mexico St./4 SLU STALL, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, SILLY, END
11 St. Mary’s/6 Memphis FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, CLOCK, DEAD, BORE, SUBDUED, BONUS, INJURY, END
14 Valpo/3 Michigan St. STALL, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, SILLY, END
10 Cincinnati/7 Creighton FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, DEAD, SILLY, SUBDUED, ROLL, END
15 Albany/2 Duke FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, BORE, SILLY, DQ, END

2nd Round (South)
16 W KY/1 Kansas FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, CLOCK, DEAD, BORE, END
9 Villanova/8 UNC FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, DEAD, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, ROLL, END
12 Akron/5 VCU STALL, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, SILLY, END
13 South Dakota St./4 Michigan STALL, CONCEDE, UNCONTESTED, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, SILLY, END
11 Minnesota/6 UCLA STALL, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, SUBDUED, END
14 NW St./3 Florida STALL, SLOPPY, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, SILLY, END
10 Oklahoma/7 San Diego St. FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, SILLY, END
15 FGCU/2 Georgetown FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, CONCEDE, BOO, PREDICTABLE, DEAD, SILLY, ROLL, DQ, END
(Note: Georgetown was whistled for a flagrant deliberate foul)

2nd Round (West)
16 Southern/1 Gonzaga FOUL, STALL, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, SILLY, SUBDUED, ROLL, END
9 Wichita St./8 Pittsburgh FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, CONCEDE, UNCONTESTED, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, END (Note: Pittsburgh chose to dribble out the clock rather than attempt a shot!)
12 Ole Miss/5 Wisconsin FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, BORE, SUBDUED, ROLL, MISLEADING, END
13 La Salle/4 K St. FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, SILLY, END
11 Belmont/6 Arizona FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, CONCEDE, UNCONTESTED, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, BORE, SILLY, DQ, END
14 Harvard/3 New Mexico FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, SILLY, END
10 Iowa St./7 Notre Dame STALL, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, SILLY, END
15 Iona/2 Ohio St. STALL, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, SILLY, END

3rd Round (East)
9 Temple/1 Indiana FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, CLOCK, END
12 Cal/4 Syracuse FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, CLOCK, DEAD, SILLY, SUBDUED, ROLL, END
6 Butler/3 Marquette FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, CLOCK, DEAD, SILLY, END
7 Illinois/2 Miami FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, DEAD, SUBDUED, DQ, END

3rd Round (Midwest)
8 Colorado St./1 Louisville FOUL, STALL, CONCEDE, BOO, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, SILLY, END
12 Oregon/4 SLU FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, CONCEDE, BOO, UNCONTESTED, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, SILLY, SUBDUED, END
6 Memphis/3 Michigan St. FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, CONCEDE, BOO, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, BORE, SILLY, ROLL, MISLEADING, END
7 Creighton/2 Duke FOUL, STALL, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, BORE, SILLY, DQ, END

3rd Round (South)
8 UNC/1 Kansas FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, DEAD, BORE, SILLY, BONUS, END
5 VCU/4 Michigan STALL, SLOPPY, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, SILLY, END
11 Minnesota/3 Florida FOUL, STALL, CONCEDE, BOO, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, SILLY, END
15 FGCU/7 San Diego St. FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, CONCEDE, UNCONTESTED, PREDICTABLE, SILLY, END

3rd Round (West)
9 Wichita St./1 Gonzaga FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, UNCONTESTED, PREDICTABLE, CLOCK, DEAD, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, END
13 La Salle/12 Ole Miss STALL, SLOPPY, PREDICTABLE, CLOCK, SILLY, END
14 Harvard/6 Arizona STALL, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, SILLY, END
10 Iowa St./2 Ohio St. STALL, SLOPPY, PREDICTABLE, CLOCK, DEAD, SILLY, SUBDUED, END (Note: Aaron Craft’s shot could have provided a perfect ending, but a clock review and laughably hopeless final shot got in the way)

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Regional Semifinals

4 Syracuse/1 Indiana FOUL, STALL, CONCEDE, BOO, UNCONTESTED, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, ROLL, END
3 Marquette/2 Miami FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, CONCEDE, BOO, UNCONTESTED, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, SILLY, SUBDUED, MISLEADING, BONUS, DQ, END

12 Oregon/1 Louisville FOUL, STALL, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, END
3 Michigan St./2 Duke FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, CONCEDE, UNCONTESTED, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, END

4 Michigan/1 Kansas FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY (Kansas missed an ugly three-point attempt at end of regulation, and missed a running, hurried three-pointer off backboard at end of overtime), UNCONTESTED, CLOCK, DEAD, END
15 FGCU/3 Florida FOUL, STALL, CONCEDE, UNCONTESTED, PREDICTABLE, DEAD, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, DQ, END

13 La Salle/9 Wichita St. STALL, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, SILLY (With over 10 seconds remaining, a sixth Wichita St. player strolled onto the court and shook hands with three La Salle players before the buzzer sounded), SUBDUED, END
6 Arizona/2 Ohio St. STALL, SLOPPY, PREDICTABLE, CLOCK, SILLY (Aaron Craft throwing ball in air to exhaust time after intercepting a hopeless Arizona inbounds pass), SUBDUED, END

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Regional Finals
4 Syracuse/3 Marquette FOUL, STALL, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, SILLY, SUBDUED, END
2 Duke/1 Louisville FOUL, STALL, CONCEDE, UNCONTESTED, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, BORE, SILLY (Duke dribbles out clock), ROLL, DQ, END
4 Michigan/3 Florida STALL, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, SILLY, SUBDUED, END
9 Wichita St./2 Ohio St. FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, UNCONTESTED (There were no uncontested Ohio St. lay-ups. However, on the last Ohio St. possession, during which they missed a three-point attempt, Wichita St.’s only objective on defense was to avoid fouling – no consideration was given to prevention of scoring), LACKED, PREDICTABLE, DEAD, SUBDUED, ROLL, END

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National Semifinals
9 Wichita St./1 Louisville FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, UNCONTESTED (There were no uncontested Wichita St. lay-ups. However, on the last Wichita St. possession, during which they missed a three-point attempt, Louisville’s only objective on defense was to avoid fouling), LACKED, PREDICTABLE, DEAD, SUBDUED, END
4 Syracuse/4 Michigan FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, ROLL, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, DEAD, SILLY, END

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National Championship
4 Michigan/1 Louisville FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, LACKED (just think – a week from now, we won’t remember a single specific play from this incredible game; this game won’t have the visual legacy it deserves), PREDICTABLE (in this game, anything was possible – except for Michigan having any chance to overcome a four-point deficit in the final minute, of course!), CLOCK, SILLY (editors, get to work – we don’t need a meaningless Michigan halfcourt airball spoiling the Louisville reaction shots at the end of the game), BONUS, END (and it’s official: exactly ZERO NCAA tournament games ended with a meaningful made basket)

[xkonk]

Just to play a bit of devil's advocate here, wouldn't it take a little something away if every game ends on a made basket? Right now, a buzzer beater to win is pretty much the most exciting thing in the game. I think part of that is due to the rarity. If every close game ends with a 'buzzer beater', is it going to become too common and take some of the excitement away?

Also, as a Michigan fan, I have plenty of visuals from the game. Sadly, most of them are of inconsistent reffing (both ways), and there are no good ones from the end of the game.

[Antares]

Just to play a bit of devil's advocate here, wouldn't it take a little something away if every game ends on a made basket? Right now, a buzzer beater to win is pretty much the most exciting thing in the game. I think part of that is due to the rarity. If every close game ends with a 'buzzer beater', is it going to become too common and take some of the excitement away?

Of course it would. Add to that that the clock is what makes a buzzer beater truly exciting. If there is no clock, much of the tension of a game-winning shot is lost. If this particular game-winning shot doesn't go in, that's OK, because the game's not over.

[Mike G]

There are 2 types of "buzzer beater" FG which are exciting:
1 - beating the end-of-half clock
2 - beating the shot clock

If you barely beat the shot clock AND win the game, that's pretty exciting.
If you're 2 points from winning the game (in this proposed format), the other team is going to put all kinds of effort into stopping you. This may well lead to frequent last-second (shot clock) attempts.

And you still will have games that end at the FT line. What you wouldn't have are endings in which the trailing team is inbounding, or rebounding, with a couple seconds in which to score. While it occasionally happens that a team wins a game on such a possession, it's exceedingly rare, and mostly just a frustration.

Except perhaps for advertisers.

[RedsGroundsCrew]

If the game clock has any effect on a particular play, it’s only that it forces a team to attempt a shot that’s less than their best – a shot so unfavorable that they (quite literally) wouldn’t think of attempting it at any other time in the game. This does nothing but TAKE AWAY tension at the end of a game. Under a hybrid format, every team always gets to take its best shot.

As for a tie game, if a team misses a buzzer beater under the current format, it means they get to take a breather and get ready for five more minutes of play. If a team misses a potential walk-off shot in a tie game under a hybrid format, it means they better get back on defense and prevent their opponent from winning the game in a matter of seconds. Another upgrade.

It’s a matter of taste, but I think the excitement at the end of games (at that moment and in retrospect) would be enhanced by the guarantee of a walk-off basket, and I don’t think it would ever get old. Even in a game decided by, say, 15 points, I still think a walk-off basket would send teammates running onto the court to celebrate with the shooter, rather than strolling over to the handshake line (which we often see currently in games decided by just four points!). And while One Shining Moment is great as it is, it would be pretty cool to see a montage of the 67 game-ending baskets.

[Mike G]

Has anyone ever suggested that tennis would be better with a clock? Just stop playing after a certain time?
In playground basketball -- no clock -- we always played that you have to win by 2 baskets. In that way, it was like tennis: You might have a potential game-winning shot, but if you miss it and the other team scores, you haven't lost the game.

This is like the "deuce" situation in tennis. Whoever scores twice in a row has won the game.
In basketball, with 1, 2, or 3 point possessions, you might say that a team must win by 2 pts, or 3. That creates a pseudo overtime, when it's close.

It's not difficult for players to know that they need to score 3, or prevent the 3, or whatever. A whole bunch of new strategies would appear.

Apologies for introducing this complication.

[RedsGroundsCrew]

This is an intriguing idea. It might reduce the possibility of sudden-death basketball, but it introduces a way to extend tight games (like a Buffalo Wild Wings commercial!), while still guaranteeing a thrilling finish (an upgrade from multiple-overtime games under the current format, which so often end anticlimactically).

[RedsGroundsCrew]

Some observations from the first round of the NBA Playoffs:
-As compared to NCAA basketball, we see repeated and deliberate fouling at the end of far fewer NBA games. The shorter shot clock plays a big role in this, but so does a pervasive willingness to concede games when facing a moderate deficit (not only do we see trailing teams elect not to foul when on defense, but we often see them elect not to attempt a shot on their final possession, casually dribbling out the clock instead)
-I’ve never liked the gimmicky rule that allows teams to advance the ball after a timeout. This rule wouldn’t necessarily be eliminated as part of a hybrid format, but its advantageous effect would be diminished
-Networks are having an impossible time adhering to their self-imposed 150-minute window. A hybrid format would probably bring about the same variance in game length as regulation games do currently, but far less variance as compared to all games currently (because overtime would be obsolete)
-My favored format for NCAA basketball is an untimed portion that follows the first stoppage that occurs after at least 16 minutes have elapsed in the second half, and requires the leading team to score seven points. I’m still not exactly sure what juncture/scoring requirement would be best for the untimed portion of NBA games, but the intent (as with the format for NCAA basketball) should be to keep scoring rate and game length within a familiar range

Conference Quarterfinals
8 Milwaukee/1 Miami
Game 1 STALL, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, END
Game 2 STALL, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, END
Game 3 STALL, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, END
Game 4 STALL, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, END

7 Boston/2 New York
Game 1 STALL, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, SILLY, SUBDUED, END
Game 2 STALL, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, END
Game 3 STALL, CONCEDE, UNCONTESTED, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, END
Game 4 STALL, SLOPPY, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, CLOCK, DEAD, SILLY, TIME, ANTICLIMACTIC, END (Meaningful possession to end 4th: New York was unable to attempt a shot, as the inbounds pass was deflected with 0.4 seconds left)
Game 5 FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, ROLL, END
Game 6 FOUL, STALL, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, END

6 Atlanta/3 Indiana
Game 1 STALL, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, END
Game 2 STALL, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, END
Game 3 STALL, CONCEDE, UNCONTESTED, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, END
Game 4 FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, DEAD, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, END
Game 5 STALL, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, BORE, SILLY, END
Game 6 FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, DEAD, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED (there was a hilarious scene as several Pacers players seemed very inconvenienced when Roy Hibbert and David West tried to gather them for an on-court celebration of a series victory), END

5 Chicago/4 Brooklyn
Game 1 STALL, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, BORE, SILLY, ROLL (by the leading team!), END
Game 2 FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, CLOCK, DEAD (17 minutes to play the last 2:26), BORE (excruciatingly boring! You would never say that about an eight-point game under a hybrid format), SILLY, SUBDUED, ROLL (while clock was running!), BONUS, END
Game 3 FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, CLOCK (even with review, time was off by at least one second when reset), DEAD, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, BONUS, END (Meaningful possession to end 4th: air ball from the corner)
Game 4 FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, CONCEDE, PREDICTABLE, CLOCK, REFS, DEAD, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, ROLL, MISLEADING, TIME, ANTICLIMACTIC, DQ, END (Meaningful possession to end 4th: Deron Williams missed fallaway jumper; to end OT: Joe Johnson made runner; to end 2OT: Joakim Noah fumbled shot misses)
Game 5 STALL, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, DEAD, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, END
Game 6 FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, DEAD, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, END
Game 7 FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, BONUS, END

8 Houston/1 Oklahoma City
Game 1 STALL, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, BORE, SILLY (Houston bench players heading to locker room before end of game), END
Game 2 FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, DEAD, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, BONUS, END (Meaningful possession to end 4th: hopeless full court heave)
Game 3 FOUL, STALL, UNCONTESTED, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, SUBDUED, END (Meaningful possession to end 4th: Houston missed three from corner)
Game 4 STALL, CLOCK, REFS, DEAD, SUBDUED, ROLL, END (Meaningful possession to end 4th: Oklahoma City missed runner, missed putback)
Game 5 STALL, SLOPPY, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, END
Game 6 FOUL, STALL, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, ROLL, END

7 Los Angeles/2 San Antonio
Game 1 FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, CONCEDE, BOO, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, BONUS, END
Game 2 STALL, CONCEDE, UNCONTESTED, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, END
Game 3 STALL, SLOPPY, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, END
Game 4 STALL, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, END

6 Golden State/3 Denver
Game 1 SLOPPY, PREDICTABLE, DEAD, SILLY, END (Meaningful possession to end 4th: Steph Curry hopeless halfcourt heave comes after buzzer)
Game 2 STALL, CONCEDE, UNCONTESTED, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, BORE (excruciating), SILLY, SUBDUED, END
Game 3 FOUL (controversy on last Golden State possession: Denver’s first attempt to deliberately foul was not called, exhausting precious time), STALL, SLOPPY, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, DEAD, SILLY , SUBDUED, END (Meaningful possession to end 4th: Denver missed half-court shot off rim)
Game 4 STALL, CONCEDE, UNCONTESTED, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, END
Game 5 STALL, SLOPPY, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, BORE, SILLY (cameramen running onto court with time remaining in a dead ball situation), SUBDUED, ROLL, END
Game 6 FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, DEAD, SILLY, SUBDUED, ROLL, END

5 Memphis/4 Los Angeles
Game 1 STALL, CONCEDE, UNCONTESTED, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, END
Game 2 PREDICTABLE (Memphis had the ball, down two, and yet it was virtually impossible for them to win; this would NEVER happen under a hybrid format), CLOCK (“An anticlimax to say the least,” as Dick Stockton put it), REFS, DEAD, SILLY (Most of Memphis team went to locker room before game ended), SUBDUED, END (Meaningful possession to end 4th: hopeless tip attempt with 0.1 remaining)
Game 3 STALL, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, ROLL, END
Game 4 STALL, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, ROLL, END
Game 5 FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, DEAD, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, BONUS, END
Game 6 STALL, SLOPPY, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, DEAD, SILLY, SUBDUED, ROLL, END

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Conference Semifinals
5 Chicago vs. 1 Miami
Game 1 FOUL, STALL, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, DEAD, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, ROLL, END
Game 2 STALL, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, END
Game 3 FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, DEAD, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, MISLEADING, DQ, END
Game 4 STALL, SLOPPY, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, END
Game 5 STALL, SLOPPY, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, CLOCK, SILLY, SUBDUED, END (Meaningful possession to end 4th: Jimmy Butler flat-footed three that missed rim altogether)

3 Indiana vs. 2 New York
Game 1 FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, END
Game 2 STALL, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, END
Game 3 STALL, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, ROLL, END
Game 4 FOUL, STALL, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, DEAD, BORE (excruciating), SILLY, SUBDUED, ROLL (Felton actually allowed ball to roll backward from a sideline inbounds pass before picking up), END
Game 5 FOUL, STALL, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, END
Game 6 FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, UNCONTESTED, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, DEAD, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, ROLL, DQ, END

5 Memphis vs. 1 Oklahoma City
Game 1 FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, MISS, PREDICTABLE, DEAD (18 minutes to play final 2:45), SILLY, SUBDUED, ROLL (by leading team!), END (Meaningful possession to end 4th: time expires before Marc Gasol able to retrieve loose ball and attempt shot)
Game 2 FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, CLOCK (was primarily a shot clock review; shot clock issue was quickly resolved, but subsequent effort to sync with game clock took extensive amount of time), DEAD (17 minutes to play last 2:41), BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, PILE, END
Game 3 FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, DEAD, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, ROLL (by leading team!), END
Game 4 FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, CLOCK, DEAD, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, ROLL, MISLEADING, TIME, ANTICLIMACTIC, END (Meaningful possession to end 4th: Zach Randolph fallaway jumper tipped and lands near free throw line)
Game 5 FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, DEAD, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, ROLL, END, (Note: Tony Allen tried to blindly heave ball downcourt with about three seconds left, but unfortunately was deliberately fouled)

6 Golden State vs. 2 San Antonio
Game 1 STALL, SLOPPY, PREDICTABLE, DEAD, SILLY, SUBDUED, ROLL, TIME, DQ, END
(Meaningful possession to end 4th: Steph Curry double-teamed fallaway jumper clangs off back of rim
Meaningful possession to end OT: Manu Ginobili jumper misses rim entirely
Meaningful possession to tend 2OT: Jarrett Jack running, one-handed deep three-point attempt clangs off back of rim)
Game 2 STALL, SLOPPY, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, END
Game 3 FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, END
Game 4 STALL, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, DEAD, BORE, SILLY (After San Antonio willingly took a shot clock violation on final possession, refs had to clear everyone from court so ball could be inbounded for less than one second), SUBDUED, MISLEADING, TIME, ANTICLIMACTIC, END (Meaningful possession to end 4th: Jarrett Jack fallaway jumper that barely drew rim)
Game 5 STALL, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, END
Game 6 FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, DEAD, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, ROLL, END

[Mike G]

Reading through all these is a bit predictable, boring, dead, silly ...

[RedsGroundsCrew]

Conference Finals

3 Indiana/1 Miami
Game 1 FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, CLOCK, DEAD, TIME, BONUS
Meaningful possession to end 4th: Ray Allen three-point attempt hits side of backboard
Meaningful possession to end OT: Lebron James made lay-up (Now THAT was a game! Late lead changes and an end that coincided with a meaningful made basket? What a concept! The only thing that seemed out of place were the refs yelling “Wait everybody! Stop celebrating!” or something to that effect, so they could conduct a clock review)
Game 2 FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, DEAD (13 minutes to play final 1:44), BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, ROLL, END
Game 3 STALL, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, END
Game 4 FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, DEAD (19 minutes for final 2:50), BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, MISLEADING, END
Game 5 STALL, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, END
Game 6 STALL, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, BORE, SILLY (trailing team dribbling out clock), SUBDUED, END
Game 7 STALL, CONCEDE, UNCONTESTED, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, END

5 Memphis/2 San Antonio
Game 1 STALL, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, BORE, SILLY, END
Game 2 FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, DEAD, BORE, SUBDUED, TIME, ANTICLIMACTIC, BONUS, END
Meaningful attempt to end 4th: Tim Duncan wrong-direction turnaround jumper that failed to hit rim
Game 3 STALL, SLOPPY, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, DEAD, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, ROLL, MISLEADING, TIME, ANTICLIMACTIC, END
Meaningful possession to end 4th: Mike Conley running lay-up that failed to draw rim
Game 4 STALL, SLOPPY, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, ROLL, PILE (San Antonio passed up a wide open lay-up so as not to pile on), END