re: Does the basketball team know how to grind the clock???

I think a great portion of our inability to keep a lead late in the game is a mixture of the following:
1) 5 players play most of the game (they get tired towards the end)
2) The less players coming off the bench, the more foul trouble the starters will be in. (Fouls are inevitable)
3) We are an up-tempo style team who likes to run (which contributes to #1)

Edited to include the fact that we bring 2 or 3 timeouts back to the locker room at the end of the game. (When they could be used as rest for our players)