Teams that come out and score HUGE in the first quarter
and suck a big fat one in the second......
....has a good starters and NO Bench.
Teams that tend to lose the second quarter
tend to lose the game....they rely to much on the starters,
fall behind, and fade in the fourth in the stretch.
AND if they fall behind they don't have enough stamina
to usually make a run late in the game.
Celtics of the 80's use to kill teams like this...
1st quarter: starters early...Bench late (even)
2ns quarter: Bench early...starters late +4
3rd quarter: Starters early...Bench late (even)
4th quarter: Bench early...starter late +4
Basically, you played the Celts even.....
....look up at the scoreboard....
...and wondered how you lost by 8 points