| has gloss | eng: Garbage time, also known as "junk time", is a term used in American sports (most commonly, basketball and football) parlance to refer to the period at the end of a timed sporting event that has become a blowout when the outcome of the game has already been decided, and the coaches of one or both teams will decide to replace their best players with substitutes. This serves to give those substitutes playing time experience in an actual game situation, as well as to protect the best players from the possibility of injury. |
