flipcritic
05-22-2012, 03:17 AM
Gregg Popovich: mundane genius
He has proven the three times in which it is smart to foul: when you lead by nine or 10 with two minutes left and want prevent the other team’s 3-point shooters from catching fire and leveling the game (which is what he did in Game 3 against the Clippers), to break up the rhythm of a game and force a team to beat you in a way they are unaccustomed to, and to steal an extra possession at the end of the quarter (used throughout the second round).
These first two ways are trickier to pull off, but the third is plain logic.
http://hoopspeak.com/2012/05/gregg-popovich-mundane-genius/
He has proven the three times in which it is smart to foul: when you lead by nine or 10 with two minutes left and want prevent the other team’s 3-point shooters from catching fire and leveling the game (which is what he did in Game 3 against the Clippers), to break up the rhythm of a game and force a team to beat you in a way they are unaccustomed to, and to steal an extra possession at the end of the quarter (used throughout the second round).
These first two ways are trickier to pull off, but the third is plain logic.
http://hoopspeak.com/2012/05/gregg-popovich-mundane-genius/