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Extra 6: A Better Way to End Basketball Games

Extra 6: A Better Way to End Basketball Games

Update: 2017-09-06
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Basketball fans know how boring a game's ending can be — intentional fouls can stretch 90 seconds into 10 minutes. What if we could fix it by blowing up the last 4 minutes?

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Extra 6: A Better Way to End Basketball Games

Extra 6: A Better Way to End Basketball Games

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