Some leagues in their play-off stages use two-leg games. This is the system when in series only two games (home and away) are played and aggregate score after the second game 4th quarter finishes is calculated. Overtime is played only when the aggregate score is tied.
That means scout may run into three uncommon situations:
- The 1st game 4th quarter finishes with a tied score. Since series winner is decided on two games aggregate score, the overtime in the first game is not being played.
- The 2nd game 4th quarter finished with a tied score (for example, 75:75), but the aggregate score is not tied (167:159). The winner is decided on aggregate score and thus there is no need to play overtime.
- 2nd game 4th quarter finished with not tied score (69:72), but the aggregate score is tied (124:124). The winner is not decided on aggregate score and thus overtime should be played.
You can find two sections in this article:
- How to finish tied game
- How to start overtime for not tied game
How to finish tied game
When time expires in the 4th quarter, click End Quarter button:
After that score should be confirmed:
Do not setup next quarter as it will lead to overtime and there is no way back. If you have already done this, run clock to 0:00, finish the overtime and confirm score. After that players' playing time will need to be adjusted in Competition Management System to remove 5 minutes for each player who has started unnecessary overtime.
Instead of that go to Game menu and select Finish Match button.
In Finish Match pop-up click Yes to confirm match finish.
After you make all necessary edits, click Finalise Game button (after this action no edits can be made and webcast will be closed).
In Finalise Game pop-up click Yes to confirm game finalization.
How to start overtime for not tied game
When time expires in the 4th quarter, click End Quarter button:
After that the score should be confirmed:
Do not finish the match as there will be no way to start overtime after this (if you have already done this, insert all actions via Action log window).
Instead of that go to Game menu and select Setup Quarter button.
The game will go to the overtime:
If the overtime finishes with tied score, see above instructions how to finish tied game.