Post by dyb dyb on Jan 20, 2019 14:45:50 GMT
It was my first time watching NBA Saturdays last night and I must say what an enjoyable and refreshing viewing it was.
A few things stuck out, obvious ones such as the times allowed, shot clock etc and players fouling out on 6 personal fouls.
Games finish around the 100 point plus mark with either team capable of snatching the win right down the stretch with the lead changing hands many usally times, even all through the 90s.
Some other talking points for me that stick out for me are;
% of 3 attempts. This appears to be low but granted their 3 point line is further out than ours and this makes the ones do they hit even more special.
Time outs and half times. These are real busy,manic but well drilled organised affairs. Much banner, flag waving, mascot involvement, I'm sure foxy would love this. Dunking teams similar to what we have at finals. All on and off court within the 2 minutes time out.
I did wonder how we could do this, perhaps something sponsors would be happy to get involved in, especially the flag waving bits.
A big eye opening for me involved the refs ( no surprise there I here you shout).
On contested calls they would review the play on a screen situated on the officials table. An expected part of the game well received. Refs would be happy for calls to be overturned after the review.
I'm positive we could make this as part of our game. What is now quite a few years ago when I volunteered for the sharks, helping Phil Brown video games on camera ( my job was to run a software package that showed how teams played on offence and defence - the people watching could see what opponents did on certain plays). We were set up to record the game on a number of DVDs and pen drives. Refs and coaches having their own copies. Point is, in one game against Plymouth won the game with a Paul Williams basket right on the final buzzer. The refs allowed the basket but for many it looked as if Paul released the ball too late.
Myself and Phil were able to look at it again on camera and there was 0.3 of a second on the clock when Paul shot. I can't remember if this was factually communicated down to the refs. Phil might be able to help me out here.
However this was a few years ago, so I'm sure we have moved on and developed enough to be able to reproduce what our cousins across the water do. If we could get our refs to actually review their own calls. That would be an eye opener!
A few things stuck out, obvious ones such as the times allowed, shot clock etc and players fouling out on 6 personal fouls.
Games finish around the 100 point plus mark with either team capable of snatching the win right down the stretch with the lead changing hands many usally times, even all through the 90s.
Some other talking points for me that stick out for me are;
% of 3 attempts. This appears to be low but granted their 3 point line is further out than ours and this makes the ones do they hit even more special.
Time outs and half times. These are real busy,manic but well drilled organised affairs. Much banner, flag waving, mascot involvement, I'm sure foxy would love this. Dunking teams similar to what we have at finals. All on and off court within the 2 minutes time out.
I did wonder how we could do this, perhaps something sponsors would be happy to get involved in, especially the flag waving bits.
A big eye opening for me involved the refs ( no surprise there I here you shout).
On contested calls they would review the play on a screen situated on the officials table. An expected part of the game well received. Refs would be happy for calls to be overturned after the review.
I'm positive we could make this as part of our game. What is now quite a few years ago when I volunteered for the sharks, helping Phil Brown video games on camera ( my job was to run a software package that showed how teams played on offence and defence - the people watching could see what opponents did on certain plays). We were set up to record the game on a number of DVDs and pen drives. Refs and coaches having their own copies. Point is, in one game against Plymouth won the game with a Paul Williams basket right on the final buzzer. The refs allowed the basket but for many it looked as if Paul released the ball too late.
Myself and Phil were able to look at it again on camera and there was 0.3 of a second on the clock when Paul shot. I can't remember if this was factually communicated down to the refs. Phil might be able to help me out here.
However this was a few years ago, so I'm sure we have moved on and developed enough to be able to reproduce what our cousins across the water do. If we could get our refs to actually review their own calls. That would be an eye opener!
