Every NBA fan knows the experience: a player has the ball approaching halfcourt as the buzzer is about to sound on the end of the quarter, and their last-second heave comes just late so the shot doesn’t count. It’s all by design. NBA players know their shooting percentages matter more than ever these days, and they don’t want to hurt their numbers with a heave that has a statically minuscule change of going in the basket.
Fans don’t care if a player shoots 35 percent of 34.3 percent from three — they just want to see their teams play to the buzzer and try to win. We are about to
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