Ok, this game is really simple. I would post a scenario from an NBA game and the next person would be the coach and posts what they would do in that situation, then write a situation of their own For Example: Person 1: You are the Knicks and are down 84-83 facing the Wizards. There are 28 seconds left in the 4th quarter and the Wizards have the ball with a fresh new shot clock. You are the coach, what would you do in this situation? Person 2: I would blah blah blah blah blah blah and so on... *person 2 will write another scenario for the person below to respond to* ------------ Ok, i'll start. You are the coach of the Hornets and you are facing the Seattle Supersonics and the game is close. You are up 1 and the there is 23 seconds on the game clock meaning the shot clock is dead. The Sonics currently have out Ray Allen, Rashard Lewis, Luke Ridnour, Vladamir Radmonovic and Antonio Daniels on the floor. So here we go, Antonio Daniels shakes Dan Dickau up leaving him open, so if a Hornet switches up, it leaves a shooter open, what would you do?
Good one Ming This is a tough question if I switched I could leave one of them open so they would kill me from 3 hmm. A risky one but once Daniels comes in the lane, I would try and draw a charge. If I get it then I can wrap up the game. If I don't than just the fact that he bumped into me and fell over will contest it enough. If I get a block, he still isn't getting a 3, and I'm in trouble if he gets an and 1. Either way same results. If for some reason I can't even place a body to draw a charge, I would let one of them shoot and hopefully they miss. If they make it, then I will have enough time to setup a good play to win it or send it into OT. If the play designed isn't executed properly, then we're done for. Alright here's a good one. You're down by 3 playing against the Pistons and you're the Pacers. You are inbounding the ball. There is only 2 seconds left on the clock. You see someone chasing Reggie Miller down do you throw him a lead pass and risk getting it stolen, or give it to an open Jermaine O'Neal in the corner for 3. Also remember no timeouts left. The whistle just blew you're handed the ball. The longer you wait, the less opportunities you'll have. You decide to...
Although Jermaine isn't a good 3 pt shooter, I would still give it to him, since he is wide open. You are the Magic, you have Hedo Turkoglu, Doug Christie, Pat Garrity, Jameer Nelson and Steve Francis on the court. There is 18 secs left and it's a 3 pt game. Do you let Jameer or Francis drive and get the 2 pt and immediately foul or would you dish it to someone for the 3? Who would you dish it too?
Easy. I would let Steve Francis drive down to the hoop, force the turnover and if I get the turnover, I would score ASAP and play man to man defense, but if I don't get the turnover but instead the player misses one free throw, I would try to find Doug Christie open for the 3 to win it. ---------------- You are coaching the Suns and you are facing the Miami Heat. The Suns are down 2 with 8 seconds left in the game. Miami just called a timeout and luckily Steve Nash gets an inbound steal, but you find Shaquille O'neal standing in front of the basket, what would you do? Take a 3 to take the lead or find some way to get pass shaq for the tie?
I would take the three, with Nash, because in these situations Nash is capable of hitting it... ============ Mavs are down 2 with 4 seconds left, they are facing the Spurs, what would you do, imbound to howard whos been hot bout hounded, or bradley free under the basket
Bradley..simply because well, Howard is being hounded, plus if bradley was to get fouled, he's a nice FT shooter for a big man... =================== You're up by 3 on the Kings with 15 seconds left, and you are the Spurs...do you foul to prevent a tie, even knowing that Bibby or Mobley or Peja will knock down the fTs and also foul either Parker or Ginobli, who are not money from the stripe...or do u just play and force them to make a 3 to tie, which is not hard with Peja/Mobley/Bibby on the opposing team...
I would foul them considering we'll still be up by 1 (or even 2 or 3 if they split or miss both). Then I would inbound it to our good FT shooters like Parker. You're at the striple shooting for 2 and your team is down by 3 with 2 seconds left in the game. Would you make one and intentionally hit it off the backboard or would you make both forcing you to foul?
I would make the first and then miss the second so my big men can tap it back in. Your the Pistons and Ben Wallace has had his best offensive games of his career, 31 points. Your up down by 1 and Ben's a horrible free throw shooter. He's 1 out of 7 in the game. Do you keep him in after a timeout or do you take the risk and let him stay in??
i think i would risk it that they would blow the FT's ok so u're atlanta and you're playin detroit with 10 seconds left and down by 2. antoine walker is in the paint and has been red hot all night but is guarded by ben wallace. on the other hand peja drobnjak is wide open for the 3, do u rely on walker to tie the game with wallace in his face, or do u give it to drobnjak and count on him to win the game?
I would give it to Drobmjak there is no way he is scoring over Ben. YOur down by 3 with 21 seconds to go, do you shoot a 3 or go for the 2?
Go for the easy 2. 21 seconds in basketball is an eternity and that is more than enough time to get a decent shot up. Also if the player that I foul misses the freethrow, we will only be down by 2. You're playing the Heat and your the Nuggets. Earl Boykins is just recovering from a back hand and leg injury and is very fragile. Someone makes a bad pass and it gets stolen. Earl is already down the court and Shaq is so energized he is the only heat running. Your in the painted area. Should you draw a charge on Shaq and risk getting injuried? Btw, Shaq has made all 20 of his freethrows in the game .
Yes you take the charge, take one for the team Earl.. Down by 3 with 2.1 seconds left in the 7th game of the NBA finals. You are the Rockets against the Pacers. Yao Ming is the only player open for 3 in the corner...do you throw it his way or force one up?
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Kobe 8 Ball:</div><div class="quote_post">Yes you take the charge, take one for the team Earl.. Down by 3 with 2.1 seconds left in the 7th game of the NBA finals. You are the Rockets against the Pacers. Yao Ming is the only player open for 3 in the corner...do you throw it his way or force one up?</div> this is a tuff one. i think if it was someone other than yao ming i would pass it to them but in this case i would shoot it myself because i feel i would have a better chance of making it. you are the pistons and are down by 1 to the spurs with 1.1 seconds left in the game and ure inbounding the ball from halfcourt. wat play would you run and who would take the last shot.
I'll probably do an isolation play with Manu Ginobilli and get him to shoot even though Rip Hamilton would most likely be in his face. But I trust Ginobilli's ability as a shooter. ------------------------------------------------------- You're coaching the the Nets and you're down by 3 against the Wolves in the NBA Finals Game 7. There's only 5 seconds on the clock, just enough time for a quick drive into the lane for a lay up/dunk. The Wolves are on the 2-3 zone defense with KG in the heart of the defense. VC is the inbounder and somehow Richard Jefferson manages to get free at the baseline near to VC. Jason Kidd is guarded tightly by Latrell Sprewell on the perimeter. Do you... 1) get VC to lobb the ball for the inbound alley opp to RJ and risk getting rejected by KG and try to draw the foul on the way up? 2) pass the ball to RJ and hope he throws up a good 3 from the perimeter to tie the game? 3) pass the ball to RJ and get him to drive to the basket and try dunk over KG to get the basket and try draw a foul on the way up? 4) pass the ball to RJ, then pass it back to Carter for the perimeter or mid-range shot? 5) get Kidd to run a V-Cut to receive the inbound pass then shoot from downtown and risk getting the ball swatted by Sprewell on the "hand in face" shot?
I would get RJ to dunk on KG. He's done it to people tons of times and chances are he'll get the foul too. You're up by 28 with 23 seconds left to go. You have 47 points and a chance to get 50. Do you show good sportsmanship and leave it alone, or do you try and get your 50!
i'm a true sportsman so i would just be proud of my 47!!! so ur charlotte and ur facing phoenix. emeka okafor has been hot all night and has scored 40 points and shot over 60 % from the field. so there's 7.4 seconds left and ur down by two, do u let emeka shoot for three to win or do u let brevin knight go inside to get two over amare
I'll let Brevin go for the lay-up. First of all Emeka can't shoot the 3-Ball no matter how hot he is. Secondly, always go for the safest play. You may not win the game with a lay-up, but you never know, you may get a foul called and sink the shot at the same time and ultimately win the game. So yeah, I would give the ball to Brevin and see what happens. -- You have 99 Points and you're down 1 point with 3 seconds remaining and you?re driving to paint with three defenders swarming you and you have Kyle Korver wide open on the left wing. What would you do? Try going for the win and get that 101 point despite the three defenders on you or give it to Korver who would win the game and you'll end up finishing with 99 points just one point shy of breaking Wilt Chamberlain?s record.
To tell you the thruth I'd go for the win! If I'm hot enough to score 99 I'll probably be hot enough to make the game winner. The fame and recognition I'd get if I broke the record would be crazy so I will go for the win. That's the only time you are allowed to be selfish! You're a coach and are up by 1 to the Spurs with 23 left on the clock. You were just called for an offensive fouled after your opponent was clearly in the restricted area and shoved you. Do you risk getting a technical or do you fight and hopefully they review the play.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting mrj18:</div><div class="quote_post">You're a coach and are up by 1 to the Spurs with 23 left on the clock. You were just called for an offensive fouled after your opponent was clearly in the restricted area and shoved you. Do you risk getting a technical or do you fight and hopefully they review the play.</div> I would call timeout go over to an official and talk to him/her calmly and ask if we could possibly review the play. If they deny that then I would set up a press and hopefully get a turnover. Then hold for the last shot. Your the coach of the Houston Rockets and are down two to the Miami Heat with 16.4 seconds left. You have the ball and call timeout to draw up a play. Do you try and get the ball inside to Yao and draw a foul or set up a play for McGrady to take a jumpshot?
If Lebron joins, maybe he can get Damon Jones to stand under the basket one more time to get yammed on.
