(02-17-2020 09:39 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(07-15-2018 10:20 PM)Cyniclone Wrote:  Has anyone been watching The Basketball Tournament? It's a winner-take-all ($2 million this year) tournament where anyone can participate, if they get enough support to be included.

The way they end games is pretty unique.

First, have no idea why people are calling this the "Elam ending" when it's just the way that basically 99% of street and park hoops games have ended since well forever. All street games are "first to X points" games, almost none are timed.

Second, I do not like the "plus seven" as it arbitrarily adds or removes points from the leading team. If you lead by 2 or 12 or 20 after the 3rd quarter or whatever, you should lead by 2 or 12 or 20 going in to the final "Elam" phase, and the other team has to make that up.

Third, the Elam thing worked wonders for the NBA All-Star Game last night, produced effort and energy in that game I haven't seen since at least the 1980s, probably 1970s.

I think you're misunderstanding the Elam Ending.

The target score for both teams is 7 points more than the leading team has when time runs out. If you lead by 12 when the clock is turned off, you have to score 7 points before your opponent scores 19 points (i.e. 7 + 12). If you lead by 20, you have to score 7 before your opponent scores 27.