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  • kdurantmvp
    Pro
    • Mar 2012
    • 527

    #1

    Running The Score Up?

    Okay my friends and I were having a converstation where we was discussing "running the score up". Now my case for the argument was that it is not really possible to run up the score in NBA because that's the point of the game.

    Now in football, its easy to "stop" running up the score by just running the ball. But what if the opposing team is that horrible and you still score by running, do not score and run out of bounds?

    So the question really is, that is it possible to "run up the score" in NBA(or basketball in general), and if it is possible is it unsportsmanlike to do?
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  • Altimus
    Chelsea, Assemble!
    • Nov 2004
    • 27283

    #2
    Re: Running The Score Up?

    Some NBA coaches have complained of it before but in the NBA I don't think it's unsportsmanlike. No lead is safe and you really can't just kill time like in football. Plus if you put your 2nd unit out there they're going to play as hard as they can.

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    • Colts18
      MVP
      • Feb 2010
      • 1959

      #3
      Re: Running The Score Up?

      The only way to make it look like you aren't trying to run up the score is to put in all bench players. If you still have starters in the game it is going to appear that you are trying to run the score up

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      • King_B_Mack
        All Star
        • Jan 2009
        • 24450

        #4
        Re: Running The Score Up?

        It's possible to run up the score but it's a fine line. If you're up 20 with under five minutes to play in the fourth and your starters are still in and chucking up threes and throwing up alley oops then you're just running up the score at that point. If it's the start of the fourth quarter and you're up 10 or 15 or something like that, it's not really running up the score as an NBA team is capable of going on a run that gets them back in the game at that point.

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        • Sam Marlowe
          Banned
          • Aug 2010
          • 1230

          #5
          Re: Running The Score Up?

          I dont have any problem with it whatsover in pro sports (that inlcudes college as well for all intents and purposes). On the flipside if you get your players hurt in the process then you have to pay the consequences. But any case against it based on "sportsmanship" or humiliation isnt convincing to me.

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          • StankonYa
            Pro
            • Sep 2006
            • 908

            #6
            Re: Running The Score Up?

            I only wish the Lakers could run the score up these days....It's hard for us to even hold a lead.

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            • UWfan206
              Banned
              • Apr 2011
              • 1096

              #7
              Re: Running The Score Up?

              Originally posted by kdurantmvp

              So the question really is, that is it possible to "run up the score" in NBA(or basketball in general), and if it is possible is it unsportsmanlike to do?

              Yes u can run up the score in the NBA but it is very disrespectful and unsportsmanlike so most teams don't do it.

              For example if the shot clock is turned off and your team is up 25 with the ball on your hand and you shot a 3 that is considered trying to run the scores up in my books.

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              • kdurantmvp
                Pro
                • Mar 2012
                • 527

                #8
                Re: Running The Score Up?

                Originally posted by UWfan206
                Yes u can run up the score in the NBA but it is very disrespectful and unsportsmanlike so most teams don't do it.

                For example if the shot clock is turned off and your team is up 25 with the ball on your hand and you shot a 3 that is considered trying to run the scores up in my books.
                Okay its unsportsmanlike, but in my honest opinion... who cares? Not saying it like that, but would the home crowd boo the crowd if it was suppose to happen.
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                • BlastX21
                  MVP
                  • Jul 2010
                  • 2118

                  #9
                  Re: Running The Score Up?

                  I dont think you can run up the score at all in the NBA.

                  I mean, the object of the game is to put the ball in the basket. If you dont want to score more points, what are you gonna do, purposely miss? Tell that to the players and see how they like the sound of that.

                  There's also no issue with continuing to chuck up threes. Threes are a low % shot unless they're open. But if you're open from three, you'd be stupid not to shoot regardless of how much you're up. But if you're not open, there's still no problem because thats maybe a 25% shot at best.

                  So people can throw up as many threes as they want. The fact is that most of them aren't going to hit.
                  Last edited by BlastX21; 04-04-2012, 04:06 PM.
                  Originally posted by Kaiser Wilhelm
                  there should not be ties occurring in the NFL except when neither team wins the game.

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                  • wwharton
                    *ll St*r
                    • Aug 2002
                    • 26949

                    #10
                    Re: Running The Score Up?

                    It's possible, but only in the last 30 seconds or so. You've gotta run the plays and take the right shot when it's there. Big leads also usually come with lots of fast break points, and if you get a steal and get out to run, you can't back it up before the end of the game. It just goes against the nature of what any team should be practicing.

                    But the last 30 seconds, you can hold off. Baseball is similar. You never stop trying to execute, and no one has a problem with anything unless you try to steal a base up by a ton. It's just hard to compare to football because you can run plays to still have the team execute AND take your foot off the gas. You can't do that in basketball.

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                    • kdurantmvp
                      Pro
                      • Mar 2012
                      • 527

                      #11
                      Re: Running The Score Up?

                      Nice replies, but lets say your team is up by 20+ and its 5 seconds to go and you decide to dunk the ball. Is that wrong?
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                      • BringTheHeat
                        MVP
                        • Jan 2012
                        • 2264

                        #12
                        Re: Running The Score Up?

                        I think in a Playoff series, anything goes. If you're up 30, keep taking threes, keep attacking. Demoralize the opponent because that will effect them for the rest of the series, but in the regular season I don't particularly care one way or the other, I'd rather both benches be subbed in and playing hard if the game is a blowout.
                        "To the last minute, to the last second, to the last man, we fight"

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                        • King_B_Mack
                          All Star
                          • Jan 2009
                          • 24450

                          #13
                          Re: Running The Score Up?

                          Originally posted by BringTheHeat
                          I think in a Playoff series, anything goes. If you're up 30, keep taking threes, keep attacking. Demoralize the opponent because that will effect them for the rest of the series, but in the regular season I don't particularly care one way or the other, I'd rather both benches be subbed in and playing hard if the game is a blowout.
                          Except that doesn't demoralize your opponent for the most part, not all the time anyway. You do that and you piss off the other team and that lights that spark that starts them kicking your teeth down your throat for the rest of the series and then what?

                          And yes, I know they shouldn't need to be motivated by that, they should already be motivated by being in the playoffs, but that's just athletics, guys are going to take extra motivation from any and everything. I know it wasn't exactly running up the score, but ask the Heat about that posing in front of the Mavs bench thing and how much that demoralized the Mavs for the rest of the series.

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                          • cdg0219
                            Rookie
                            • Dec 2011
                            • 131

                            #14
                            Re: Running The Score Up?

                            If a team is way up in the 4th I'm fine if they keep trying to score, but they should slow down the tempo. Some second units try to get fancy though. I was watching the Thunder and Lazar Hayward and Ryan Reid were trying a Westbrook-Durant think up by 20.

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                            • Colts18
                              MVP
                              • Feb 2010
                              • 1959

                              #15
                              Re: Running The Score Up?

                              Originally posted by kdurantmvp
                              Nice replies, but lets say your team is up by 20+ and its 5 seconds to go and you decide to dunk the ball. Is that wrong?
                              I wouldn't use the word wrong but I don't think it is necessarily classy either. If my best friend was coaching the other team I wouldn't do it so that means I shouldn't do it no matter who I am coaching against.

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