Hack-a-Shaq by teams that are trailing near the end of the game. Basketball, unique among major world sports, permits intentional fouling to gain a strategic advantage; in other sports, it is considered an unfair act or professional foul. Once the fouling team enters the penalty situation, the fouled team is awarded free throws. The typical NBA player makes a high enough percentage of his free throws that, over time, opponents' possessions that end with free throws will yield more points than possessions in which the opponents try to score a field goal. Even the highest-scoring NBA teams average only about 1.1
Strategic move observable to the other players. Strategic moves are not "warnings" or "assurances." Warnings and assurances are merely statements of a player's interest, rather than an actual "commitment" from the player. The term was coined by Thomas Schelling in his 1960 book, "The Strategy of Conflict", and has gained wide currency in political science and industrial organization. Strategic move A strategic move in game theory is an action taken by a player outside the defined actions of the game in order to gain a strategic advantage and increase one's payoff. Strategic moves can either be "unconditional moves" or "response rules". The