For us to be able to have a chance at making a game-winning shot or a tying field goal towards the end of that game (with) how well they shot the 3, lets us know that we had a pretty good basketball game ourselves.

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Basketball arguably might be just as good a game if the hoop were 11 feet or nine feet above the ground, instead of 10 feet, but 10 feet over the years has spawned a specific, wonderfully entertaining style of play.

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Eventually, the witch hunts mostly stopped and the game became based on its merits: It's either good, entertaining basketball, or it's not.

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