A basketball team can't intentionally score on itself, but it can do this 

They are just going to leave us hanging like that?

"Euroleague" "The israeli and Turkish teams" Makes sense

Wait, so what the hell happened? Did they figure out how to do it? Did they win or lose? You went on a side tangent and left me hangin'.

As a maccabi fan I can confidently say that this was the weirdest game I've ever seen live. I was angry at my team for purposely bricking those free throws and not jacking up 3s but also lowkey wanted it to go to OT knowing it is a better chance to win by 11+. It was super weird, really didn't feel like I was watching a basketball game. Btw we won by 3 or 4 for those curious, I do remember that there was no OT though.

But can a dog be on the team?

"Basketball is about hoops, not math", that's how much they hate Jon Bois

When I was 9 I legitimately accidentally scored in my own basket, I just honestly forgot that we were going for the opposite hoop and when I got the ball I just went the wrong direction, and managed to miraculously sink a shot from just past the half court line. Fortunately for my team, the points didn't get added due to the fact it was a backcourt violation the second I had stepped over the midcourt line.

I'm not much a sports guy, but I love this content!

If tied records are settled on point differentials, why do tied games go into OT at all?

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Overtime counts as zero point differential. Solves everything.

Something similar happened in a soccer game. Barbados vs Grenada in the group stage of the 1994 Caribbean Cup. Barbados needed to win by 2 goals over Grenada to qualify for the finals on goal differential over Grenada, but with 7 minutes remaining, Barbados led by 2-1. Barbados scored an own goal to tie the game at 2-2 in order to bring the game into sudden death extra time. Grenada, realizing that they would qualify for the finals over Barbados regardless of whether they won or lost (by no more than one goal), then tried to score in both goals while Barbados defended both goals. At the end of regulation the game was tied, so they went into extra time where according to the tournament rules, the first goal scored counts for 2 and automatically ends the game. Barbados scored, sending them into the finals.

My favorite weird rule: In baseball, detaching a piece of equipment (your glove) and throwing it and having it hit a foul ball results in awarding the batter a triple. It used to award the batter ba home run.

Basketball is my favorite sport. I like the way they dribble up and down the court.

Kinda stupid to use a system for soccer tournaments in basketball tbh.

Reminiscent of the infamous Barbados-Grenada soccer game where Grenada wanted to take the game to extra time and Barbados didn't care who won as long as it DIDN'T go to extra time... so they were trying to score into either team's goal.

It’s easier to fake an accidental tip-in on the wrong basket off of a purposefully missed free throw. The team down 1 could have fouled, and then acted like they were trying to get the rebound and “accidentally” tip the ball in, try to get it back and make a three. Then try to win by 11 in OT

I just watched a 6 minute long basketball video. I had no intention of watching a basketball video. I never watch basketball. It's 2 AM and it just popped up in my recommendations. I should go to bed.

1:54 Jordan Farmar, and he's the guy in the thumbnail too.

WE LIKE SPORTS AND WE DON'T CARE WHO KNOWS

Why aren't NBA coaches that smart. There are NBA coaches who still can't figure out to intentionally foul if you're up by three and time is running out.

spoiler alert cliffhanger coming. I guess we could search up the game but that's work and it's my day off.

You should have analyzed the Varese-Real Madrid game, January 18, 1962. RM coach, Ferrandiz, was a true genius

Everyone talking down on Point Differential Rule, but that rule is the only reason the USA won the Gold Medal in the 1955 Pan American games. Brazil, the USA and Argentina had beaten all other teams, but they beaten each other when they played each other. USA beat Brazil, Brazil beat Argentina and Argentina beat USA. Because of this, all three teams had the same win-loss ration at the end of the tournament so the winner of the gold medal was decided by point differential, and the team with the most points in favor was USA, with Argentina second (winning Silver) and Brazil third (winning Bronze).

Good stuff. This is what RU-vid is for- fun, insightful videos like these. Concise, holds my attention, no long-winded intro narrative, minimalist production, good banter. 5/5.

A high pass that would go out of bounds, so your teammate has to tip it back towards you to keep it from going out, but it goes in your own net. Definitely a hard thing to execute but possible, I think.

Weird Rules is one of the best things on RU-vid and I need more. I NEED MORE.

So, just for information, because I saw many comments misunderstanding the system: the point differential is only the first tie-breaker for teams with the same W/L - record after the regular season (just like the NBA has tie-breakers for playoff seedings). It has nothing to do with being like soccer (note: many European Basketball fans don't particularly like soccer, because it chokes all other sports in terms of tv-rights and such things - that and soccer players being overpaid crybabies...). Anyway: ECA has since changed the rules, such that games going to overtime count as net +- 0 pt-dif for tie-breakers.

I like how they beep out some swear words but not others

This is where the previous SB Nation video on intentionally goaltending free throws would’ve been a good strategy

I’m just surprised that everyone on the court was so aware of that situation in the first place

It seems like the more logical solution would be to only count the point spread at the end of regulation play for tiebreaking, thus removing any incentive to own goal. It also makes more sense, as it ensures that the spread is being measured over the same amount of gameplay time for each team.

HOW DID THE GAME END?!?!!! You guys are killing me.

I was like, “that guy looks like Jordan Farmer”

"Basketball is about hooping, not math!". LOL. Loved that.

I think Bill Veeck would be an interesting topic for one of these. Before baseball had a rule of permanent outfield walls, he was known to move temporary fencing depending on the opponent. He was also the guy to hire a little person for the advantage of a smaller strike zone. He also was first to integrate in American League and founded idea of ivy in wrigley...overal, just an interesting guy who loved bending the rules

Tf? Is this how yall really made the video? Why didn't you tell us how it ended.

I was at this game. At the last inbound Maccabi was ahead by 2 points if I remember correctly. Maccabi was inbounding and the inbounder nodded towards their own basket, suggesting to Jordan Farmar that he should just run back and score on their own basket. Farmar looked at him like "dude....enough, this is BS". This certainly was the most boring yet interesting game of basketball I've been to.

This channel is amazing I love you guys

Thank you for making me laugh at the end haha

SB: Secret Bomb. If the team was to score on itself a certain amount of times, it would automatically activate the bilderberg group’s secret Bomb. That’s why we have to hire good athletes. Keep asking questions

2:05 *Was that Jordan Farmar ?*

These really unique scenarios in sports are super cool. Great Video.

I want to see the end of this video play out in an NBA game or even a Division 1 college game sometime.

What if they shot on their own basket and had someone goal tend for them would that still count?

What weird rule did Jon Bois violate that caused him to be suspended from this channel forever?

The funniest part is at 5:32! "Oh, no! F***! Guess we're down by two!!!"

my man is listening so intently

I remember that game, very sad...

They should tackle this problem directly by not counting OT points in the differential unless the RT points are tied

Lol great vid! I'd self alleyoop off the backboard!! And that was Jordan Farmar!!!

I don’t even like basketball yet this channel is still so interesting and funny to me

"It's way easier to just score a bunch of points" Names, the only 2 times it's ever happened in the history of basketball

Was that Jordan Farmar shooting them FTs?

“You’re playing a basketball game.” “No I’m not. I’m sitting at this table.”

That "accidental" basket would be hilarious if it happened for real 😂🤣😁

Yalla maccabi

yeah, try to score a 3 into your own basket and make it look like an accident. (under 1 minute) GOOD LUCK!!!

Still the best show on youtube. Congrats.

when you request a trade in 2k and your team won’t let you go

0:59 find where it says C3PO

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This channel has made me love basketball

I need full video of this

Welcome to college football Saturday

where is jon bois

My thought on an “accidental” basket is just chuck it so hard into the rim on the other side it bounces all the way back to the other goal.

Same case in the Philippines-Kazakhstan's 2014 Asian Games men's basketball game

Why didn't Darussafaka not just try and win it by themselves? Why did they go with the theatrics of Maccabi who has a lot to lose if they lose or win by just below 11 pts?

Tell that to J.R Henny

That fumbling shot had me deaaaaad XD

Would love an episode one the greatest comeback that never was. That high school team in Texas that kicked like 3 onsides in a row, and then the three team ran back the kickoff

Talk about the time Kobe realised the ring was off just by shooting and missing his shots. That's one of the most insane stories I found online.

I would foul then when the team tries to brick you “accidentally” knock it in

LOL they should make a full length comedy film about this

Super interesting. Thanks!

That's why point differential is the worst stat in sports.

Hah, silly Euro-ball. 2003 Cav Ricky Davis tried to inbound and give himself a rebound for a triple-double. Traded soon after.

This is my favorite one

i can just imagine someone tripping up the ball then suddenly going for a dunk in their own basket and going "oops".

"Basketball is about hooping, not math". Basically the difference between NBA basketball and Euroleague. Much more fundamental/analytical based ball

Yellow #1 is that jordan farmar?

This is like One Outs for basketball.

I like what you folks do.

In soccer when u score an own goal it’s called an auto goal lol

Which is why you don't use point or goal differential as a tiebreaker. EDIT:Also make any OT win count as a 1 point win.

There is a RadioLab discussing a similar instance in the 2012 Olympics Women's Badminton tournament, wherein it turned out that it was advantageous to both teams to throw the match. Regardless of the outcome of the match, each team was going on to the next round; however the loser would play a much easier team with lower stats than the team that the winner would play. The result was that both teams were intentionally trying to throw the match and it became a surreal experience watching both sides trying to lose and to see which side would crack first and actually score.

3:48 Whooo Varese I live near it lmaoo

I score on myself all the time.

I feel like the point differential is the root of all of these problems lmao

I think overtime in all sports should count as +/-0 point differential. If you don't do that (or make it automatically +/-1), then you will always have these kinds of issues. After all, after regulation, you were up 0 points. A football team that wins by 5 did better than one that won by 7 in overtime.

“Point differential I don’t know”😂

It's great how they made a rule specifically to stop you from making use of the bad tournament setup.

Good old game theory!

Nowadays best-of-three or best-of-five formats are used in European competitions, but a few years ago there used to be two-legged playoffs decided on point difference, same as on football (soccer): Team A wins their home match by x points, then all they need to do to go through the next round is not to lose by a bigger margin. What they did to avoid the type of situations described in the video was to do away with overtime completely. Meaning, yes, we had final tied scores in basketball games.

The Knicks did it a few years ago in the NBA by accident, two guys trying to a defensive rebound knocked it away from each other, but I think there WAS a semi- intentional one back in the 70s or 80s... there was a coupel of seconds left, the Knicks were up by, say 6 (you know it is a long time ago, the Knicks were decent) The other team scored, and the fans counted down, and they guy they inbounded to just threw up about a 30 footer at his own basket before turning to trot off the court... but it went in, and caused an investigation - because IT AFFECTED THE SPREAD! The Knicks had been favored, and were going to cover. Not after that shot! Think is was... Monroe? He thought he shot after the buzzer, but it was before....

Why didn’t they just airball all their free throws? Or is there some dumb rule about not being able to do that too?

The scenario was just terrible. The rules should be changed if they ever create a situation in which giving your best effort to win is not a winning strategy. Not even competition

Idea for your next video: the strangest soccer match ever - Grenada vs Barbados, 1994 Caribbean Cup Two unusual rules were added to this tournament: 1. Every match had to have a winner, even group stage matches. If no team won in 90 minutes it would go to extra time and penalties. 2. The Golden Goal rule applied (if the match went to extra time, the first team to score would win immediately), BUT extra time goals counted for 2. Barbados needed to beat Grenada by 2 goals to advance, otherwise Grenada would advance. The match started with Barbados going 2 goals up, but then Grenada pulled one back. With only a few minutes left on the clock, the Barbados players realised they would get more time to keep playing if they took the game to extra time, and then if they got a Golden Goal, they would go through. They scored an own goal. Now Grenada needed to score a goal at either end before the 90 minutes were up to advance, since either a 1 goal win or loss would take them through. The last few minutes of the match Grenada were attacking both goals, while Barbados were defending both goals. In the end the Barbados plan worked: after hanging on to tie the game, they got their Golden Goal, advancing to the next round.

In a Concacaf CFU old tournsment happened something similar with several own goals