If you are good, slow it down

Efficient offenses have every reason to slow down the pace of the game. If they are producing more points per possession than the opposition, then they want to have fewer total possessions. Teams that speed up the pace can afford more mistakes because they are going to have chances to make up for them. But the slow guys tell them, "We are betting that we get more out of our chances than you do, so we don't mind having less chances."