Re: Hybrid Format for Game Duration: Time-Based AND Points-B
Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 4:46 am
Finals
2 San Antonio/1 Miami
Game 1 STALL, SLOPPY, PREDICTABLE, DEAD, SUBDUED, END
Game 2 STALL, CONCEDE, PREDICTABLE, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, END
Game 3 STALL, CONCEDE, PREDICTABLE, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, END
Game 4 STALL, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, BORE, SILLY (trailing team dribbling out clock), SUBDUED, END
Game 5 STALL, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, END
Game 6 FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, FLUKY, REFS, DEAD, TIME, END
Meaningful attempt to end 4th: Tony Parker airballs runner from impossible angle
Meaningful attempt to end OT: Danny Green drifting three-point attempt blocked
Game 7 FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, DEAD, SILLY, END
Games 1, 6, and 7 were GREAT!
I’ll never deny that basketball’s current format treats us to a great product, but I believe the game can do even better.
Game 6 is being regarded as one of the greatest basketball games of all time. What did it take? For a team to successfully overcome a five-point deficit (with possession, to boot) late in the game (GASP!). That seems like a really low standard. Under a hybrid format, such comebacks would be more likely and would feel much more likely (instead of feeling so unlikely that fans would be compelled to leave early)! Even if a team could not successfully come back, the game would be assured of an exciting finish and signature moment.
With that in mind, Game 7 was an absolute thrill. My heart was pounding from start to finish (or at least start to Manu’s rushed three-point airball with about 20 seconds left, trailing by six), and I maintain that basketball is the most exciting sport to enjoy as it happens. But I believe basketball’s fluid nature, combined with frequent scoring, make it more difficult to recollect/enjoy specific moments in retrospect (as compared to baseball, football, hockey, etc.). We’ll always remember where we watched Game 7 and how we felt watching Game 7. But will we remember what we watched in Game 7 (even one specific moment)? Years from now, when someone decides it’s time for another compilation of sport’s greatest moments, what play will define Game 7 of the 2013 NBA Finals?
2 San Antonio/1 Miami
Game 1 STALL, SLOPPY, PREDICTABLE, DEAD, SUBDUED, END
Game 2 STALL, CONCEDE, PREDICTABLE, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, END
Game 3 STALL, CONCEDE, PREDICTABLE, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, END
Game 4 STALL, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, BORE, SILLY (trailing team dribbling out clock), SUBDUED, END
Game 5 STALL, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, BORE, SILLY, SUBDUED, END
Game 6 FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, FLUKY, REFS, DEAD, TIME, END
Meaningful attempt to end 4th: Tony Parker airballs runner from impossible angle
Meaningful attempt to end OT: Danny Green drifting three-point attempt blocked
Game 7 FOUL, STALL, SLOPPY, CONCEDE, LACKED, PREDICTABLE, DEAD, SILLY, END
Games 1, 6, and 7 were GREAT!
I’ll never deny that basketball’s current format treats us to a great product, but I believe the game can do even better.
Game 6 is being regarded as one of the greatest basketball games of all time. What did it take? For a team to successfully overcome a five-point deficit (with possession, to boot) late in the game (GASP!). That seems like a really low standard. Under a hybrid format, such comebacks would be more likely and would feel much more likely (instead of feeling so unlikely that fans would be compelled to leave early)! Even if a team could not successfully come back, the game would be assured of an exciting finish and signature moment.
With that in mind, Game 7 was an absolute thrill. My heart was pounding from start to finish (or at least start to Manu’s rushed three-point airball with about 20 seconds left, trailing by six), and I maintain that basketball is the most exciting sport to enjoy as it happens. But I believe basketball’s fluid nature, combined with frequent scoring, make it more difficult to recollect/enjoy specific moments in retrospect (as compared to baseball, football, hockey, etc.). We’ll always remember where we watched Game 7 and how we felt watching Game 7. But will we remember what we watched in Game 7 (even one specific moment)? Years from now, when someone decides it’s time for another compilation of sport’s greatest moments, what play will define Game 7 of the 2013 NBA Finals?