Correct me if I'm wrong, but if the Mavs would've tried calling another timeout when they didn't have any more, Miami would've been awarded a technical, but it also would've let Dallas inbound from half-court, instead of trying to take a miraculous shot from the backcourt.
2006-06-18 19:58:52 · 6 answers · asked by zorrovelez84 2 in Sports ➔ Basketball
Check this link out. It is the story of the 1976 NBA Finals where the Suns tried this and it WORKED!
I just wondered why Dallas didn't try it.
http://www.travel-watch.com/nbagreatestgame.htm
2006-06-18 20:05:39 · update #1
"Sounds like a great idea, it worked so well for Chris Webber in the NCAA Finals. "
David S, that was a completely different situation. His team did not have to move the ball upcourt, with only about 2 seconds left.
Webber's call was an accident, the one I'm proposing would've been for strategic purposes.
2006-06-18 20:17:07 · update #2
The time out rule was changed after the 76 Finals, in which Paul Westphal of the Phoenix Suns called a time out (which the Suns didn't have)... Jo Jo White converted the free throw, putting the Celtics up by two. But the Suns then were awarded the ball at mid-court, and Garfield (yup, that's his first name) Heard threw up a shot from about 20-25 feet out to send the game into a third overtime. There was no three-point rule at the time.
After that, the rules were changed so that no additional time outs would be awarded. But under the rules at that time, calling an extra time out would cost a technical foul, but you could still get the ball out at mid-court.
Teams get too many time outs as it is... last night, for example, the cameras clearly showed Pat Riley signaling for a 20 second time out, yet they went to a commercial break at that time, AFTER they showed a replay of the previous score...These TV time outs are ridiculous.
Calling a timeout in the college game doesn't advance the ball (to midcourt) the way the NBA does. It just results in a technical foul (as Webber found out). But that's why Webber had to bring the ball up before he took that time out...in college, when you call a time out after a made basket, you still have to advance the ball 94 feet.
2006-06-18 23:06:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah they could have, but its all about position and possession of the ball. When you call a timeout with only a couple of second left on the clock, you call it to advance the ball down under your net. That way its easier to score a bucket.
2006-06-19 03:03:51 · answer #2 · answered by Tarabeara 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like a great idea, it worked so well for Chris Webber in the NCAA Finals.
2006-06-19 03:01:03 · answer #3 · answered by david s 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The last time out the Mavericks called was pointless and stupid.
Im a Mavericks fan,wahts going on with them?
But hey it was a good game,and so close there at the end.
They only lost by 1 point,how sad.
2006-06-19 03:01:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol it doesn't work like that....if you call a timeout when you have none remaining, that team will be assessed a technical and lose possession of the ball. otherwise, that would be pretty cheap...=]
2006-06-19 03:05:39 · answer #5 · answered by chobo219 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they cld try to , but wld it really work in their favour
2006-06-19 09:11:43 · answer #6 · answered by kara 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋