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Welcome to Buckets. Today we're talking about the Eelamending,

the idea that a basketball game should resolve at a specific score, not at a specific time.

It makes sense to anybody who's ever played on the weekends or after school with friends.

A basketball game ends at 11 or 21 or whatever.

It's not when there's zeros left on the clock.

The whole fun of basketball is that you just need a ball in a couple hoops.

Nobody's out here getting a scoreboard.

Who has the time?

But that's not how it goes in organized basketball. a the basketball tournament instituted the elamending a few years ago.

And most recently the NBA All-Star game this year.

The fourth quarter was played untimmed until either team hit 157, which was 24 points more than the leading team had after three.

The result, combined with a few other factors like Charity, Team Captains, and Kobe's passing,

created one of the most memorable All-star games in any sport ever.

In its highest profile use case, the Elam ending shined.

The man behind the Elam ending, long time Denver Broncos plays kicker Jason Elam.

Oh, sorry about that, I mean.

Professor at Ball State University and current buckets guest, Nick Elam.

You're getting bucket buckets.

Sir, welcome to the show.

Thank you so much for making the time and what I can only assume is your busiest week ever.

Hey, it's great to be on the show.

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