Is it easier now for pro sports teams to make big comebacks late?

[Another Fan]

Not trying to throw shade on Indiana.   Any way you slice it that’s a hell of a job they’ve been doing.  Still it seems the NBA is more 3 point friendly than ever?

 

That and I know the Bills iconic 32 point comeback got broken a few years ago.  I mean I don’t even really remember what team and season it was.  But still with the 2 point conversation and the league being more offensive friendly than the 90s it’s easier ? 

Edited Thursday at 05:00 PM by Another Fan

[ExiledInIllinois]

Bills did it before 2 point conversions.

 

Indiana would won game on buzzer beater had Haliburton been beyond the 3 point arc.

 

Yeah so, maybe.

 

Bills also got help, no video review on Don Beebe.

[Doc]

If you're talking NBA, the 3 pointer has killed the sport.  It's why ratings are tanking.

[Doc Brown]

4 minutes ago, Doc said:

If you're talking NBA, the 3 pointer has killed the sport.  It's why ratings are tanking.

Pry the main reason.  This leads to more blowouts and less compelling games.  I miss the more physical product they put on the court a few decades ago but I'm also too old to be the "target market" so maybe these kids like their three point shooting contest.

[Augie]

18 minutes ago, Doc said:

If you're talking NBA, the 3 pointer has killed the sport.  It's why ratings are tanking.

 

I think the long season and the enormous contracts have ruined the NBA. I loved it back when Buffalo had the Braves, and everybody tried as hard as college players. Going to a Tuesday night game in Charlotte it’s obvious that they are just going thru the paces. We took our scrappy little AAU point guard and in less than 5 minutes he turned to me and said “they’re not even trying!” Correct. 

 

I believe you about the 3 point shot, but I have to take your word for it. I haven’t watched the NBA in years, but I heard somebody missed like 45 3 pointers in one game. I’m not missing anything, IMO.  

[Doc]

1 hour ago, Doc Brown said:

Pry the main reason.  This leads to more blowouts and less compelling games.  I miss the more physical product they put on the court a few decades ago but I'm also too old to be the "target market" so maybe these kids like their three point shooting contest.

 

1 hour ago, Augie said:

I think the long season and the enormous contracts have ruined the NBA. I loved it back when Buffalo had the Braves, and everybody tried as hard as college players. Going to a Tuesday night game in Charlotte it’s obvious that they are just going thru the paces. We took our scrappy little AAU point guard and in less than 5 minutes he turned to me and said “they’re not even trying!” Correct. 

 

I believe you about the 3 point shot, but I have to take your word for it. I haven’t watched the NBA in years, but I heard somebody missed like 45 3 pointers in one game. I’m not missing anything, IMO.  

 

I haven't watched the NBA in probably 8 years, and that was just the latter stages of the playoffs.  Once the GSW started playing the 3-point game I knew where the league was headed. 

Edited Thursday at 08:11 PM by Doc

[Mike in Horseheads]

9 hours ago, Augie said:

 

I think the long season and the enormous contracts have ruined the NBA. I loved it back when Buffalo had the Braves, and everybody tried as hard as college players. Going to a Tuesday night game in Charlotte it’s obvious that they are just going thru the paces. We took our scrappy little AAU point guard and in less than 5 minutes he turned to me and said “they’re not even trying!” Correct. 

 

I believe you about the 3 point shot, but I have to take your word for it. I haven’t watched the NBA in years, but I heard somebody missed like 45 3 pointers in one game. I’m not missing anything, IMO.  

Yes we know you don't watch the NBA anymore, ya say that all the time.

[Augie]

5 hours ago, Mike in Horseheads said:

Yes we know you don't watch the NBA anymore, ya say that all the time.

 

Like college basketball with the portal and NIL, they have found a way to ruin something I really enjoyed. Sorry, but I miss it. 

[US Egg]

Obviously it’s not a betting revelation, but the most luck I have betting is on late game point spreads in NBA games with better teams at home behind big in the 4th. It makes losing money more enjoyable.