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<span style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">To sum it up: if you believe in clutch, you're saying that you believe someone can "Go out there and give 110%!" when it matters most. It's a sweet thought, and TV/movies love it. But it's silly."</span><div>
</div><div>I'm totally convinced that players will go from 80% to 100% effort in the final minutes thus creating an illusion of clutch.</div><div>
</div><div><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">"Players that are whatever the opposite of "clutch" are, often get nervous and falter in high pressure situations (LeBron)"</span><br style="min-width: 0px; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "></div><div><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">
</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">I certainly agree with this (not sure of Lebron specifically), but again if enough lower their game the illusion of clutch could be created as these players maintain their level while others drop.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">
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</span></font></div><div><font face="Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 12px;">I think that clutch DOES exist and I think I have a pretty good explanation of why it could. In the waining minutes of a game, players' adrenaline increases. So, players are not simply getting worse or better, they are dealing with a new varaible--they are chemically different in tight situations. One who handles this change well would seem to be clutch. Those won don't handle it well will seem anti-clutch.</span></font></div>