Just got done watching the VCU/Butler BB game and realized why I hate basketball so much.
1. There's way too much scoring. A goal in hockey is an event. A basket in basketball (unless it happens in the last two minutes) is a big meh, except that some players seem to have to celebrate every score anyway with this look at me, I'm so cool chest thump act.
2. Time outs - it seems like they call time outs every 30 seconds or so and they last for two minutes. In hockey each team gets 1 for the whole game.
3. The way way the last two minutes of a game drags on and on even after the outcome is determined because the trailing team either calls time out (see above) or commits an intentional violation of the rules to stop the clock (see below). In hockey the last two minutes of the game takes about the same amount of time as the first two minutes.
4. At the end of the game, the trailing team deliberately fouls because fouling gives them an advantage if the other side misses a free throw. Except when covering up for a really bad defensive play, there is no advantage to be gained in hockey by committing an intentional foul. Why should a team be rewarded for deliberately violating the rules?
I tried, I really tried to watch with interest, but in the end I was bored.
1. There's way too much scoring. A goal in hockey is an event. A basket in basketball (unless it happens in the last two minutes) is a big meh, except that some players seem to have to celebrate every score anyway with this look at me, I'm so cool chest thump act.
2. Time outs - it seems like they call time outs every 30 seconds or so and they last for two minutes. In hockey each team gets 1 for the whole game.
3. The way way the last two minutes of a game drags on and on even after the outcome is determined because the trailing team either calls time out (see above) or commits an intentional violation of the rules to stop the clock (see below). In hockey the last two minutes of the game takes about the same amount of time as the first two minutes.
4. At the end of the game, the trailing team deliberately fouls because fouling gives them an advantage if the other side misses a free throw. Except when covering up for a really bad defensive play, there is no advantage to be gained in hockey by committing an intentional foul. Why should a team be rewarded for deliberately violating the rules?
I tried, I really tried to watch with interest, but in the end I was bored.
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