I was reading some article from ESPN, it was talking about the Celtics-Bulls game. Paul Pierce had the ball and they were behind by 1, and there's like 20 seconds or so left. He went for a 2 point jump shot, and some guy fouled him hard. Pierce made 1 of 2 free throws to tie the game, and the Celtics would go on to lose in the game in overtime.
Now common sense says fouling Paul Pierce was a bad idea. If you look at his shooting percentage, the chance of him making 2 free throws is much higher than him making a contested jumper. But the article went on about how the foul was a good foul because the hard foul intimidated the Celtics, and maybe sometime during the overtime Ray Allen missed a shot because he saw what happened to Paul Pierce and figure he better shoot quick or get hammered hard. Clearly the Celtics were intimidated by the hard foul which is why they lost in OT.
And then I realized this is what Shoot! preaches, even though it's soccer. The classic move for the good guys' team is to try to score the ball with a kick from midfield. I don't think it has ever worked, even in a fictional world, but every time it gets blocked and causing them to lose possession, they say now the opponent is going to be scared of them kicking the ball from midfield so they'll now react slower. And it obviously works for the good guys, since they never lose a game.
I guess life indeed does imitiate art.
Now common sense says fouling Paul Pierce was a bad idea. If you look at his shooting percentage, the chance of him making 2 free throws is much higher than him making a contested jumper. But the article went on about how the foul was a good foul because the hard foul intimidated the Celtics, and maybe sometime during the overtime Ray Allen missed a shot because he saw what happened to Paul Pierce and figure he better shoot quick or get hammered hard. Clearly the Celtics were intimidated by the hard foul which is why they lost in OT.
And then I realized this is what Shoot! preaches, even though it's soccer. The classic move for the good guys' team is to try to score the ball with a kick from midfield. I don't think it has ever worked, even in a fictional world, but every time it gets blocked and causing them to lose possession, they say now the opponent is going to be scared of them kicking the ball from midfield so they'll now react slower. And it obviously works for the good guys, since they never lose a game.
I guess life indeed does imitiate art.
