This is quite the streak of me agreeing with all of you. For like the third week in a row, my vote is the same as yours in the SB Nation NBA FanPulse results. This time, we looked at the Elam Ending, which drew rave reviews when it was first implemented in the NBA during this year’s All-Star game. The ratings show fans loved it, but this week’s FanPulse poll responses seem to indicate the intrigue of “targeted scoring” ought to stay with novelty contests like the All-Star game.
While I believe it could be fun to use the scoring in low-energy contests such as the preseason or Summer League, partially wiping out what happened in the first three quarters of a game is tough luck for the team that dominated early.