American sports have their dramatic moments: the football touchdown; the baseball home-run; the basketball three-pointer; the tennis service ace; the golf hole-in-one. That universal, omniscient feature is the element of Time, better known as “The Clock.” In American football, one can be inches from victory, but if the clock says END, the game is over. The same holds true in basketball: The clock is king. Especially in the closing moments of a game, strategy and tactics revolve around the relentless forward march of The Clock.