It seems like NBA players are more injury-prone than ever. I don’t know much about basketball strategies but theoretically, each team in a match will have a nearly identical number of possessions.
So why the need to play basketball at such a fast pace? That’s really tiring.
Playing against a set halfcourt defense is harder than playing in transition
More possessions, more points. More points, more wins
Playing at a slow pace will generally hurt the offense, but it will often come down to how the offense is played slowly. If a team waits until 12 seconds on the shot clock before starting anything then they’re pushed into taking more bad shots because they don’t get the time to look for better shots off of actions.
Basically the challenge for the defense is to defend for 24 seconds. If you don’t do anything for 10 of those, then the challenge for the defense is to defend for 14 seconds. The latter is a lot easier than the former.
a slower game takes away the one reason why most all stars are all stars - athleticism.
Transition is statistically more efficient than half court offense