I would also add that garbage time should sometimes apply to the
losing team as well.
Take my game yesterday
(125820428) (cup game, so don't care about point differential).
After 3 quarters, I was up by 40 points, so I went in garbage time, and played all subs in the 4th quarter. My opponent played his starters till the end.
Even though the 4th quarter finished 31-6 in his favor, he still lost by 15 points (and was down by 20 with 1 minute left, so it was never remotely close).
I would imagine that if one of his starters had gone down with an injury for staying in a game that was completely done, he wouldn't have been all that happy.
Probably the garbage time threshold for the losing team should be a bit higher than the one for the winning team (+20 afer 3 quarters), but if you are down by 40 at the end of the 3rd, or by 25ish with 5 or 6 minutes to play, game's over folks...
Last edited by SpicyMcHaggis™ at 7/5/2023 5:59:00 AM