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I don't even like sports but this article had me glued to my monitor at 4:48 am.

by Qz 16y ago

hugh3 16y ago
Really? I don't like sport and I found I couldn't understand it at all. For instance, you have to read to paragraph 4 to find out that "Houston" is the same team as "The Rockets". I never quite figured out whether Battier and Ming are on the same team. And "The game drew a huge national television audience, which followed Bryant for his 47 miserable minutes: he shot 11 of 33 from the field and scored 24 points." -- I have no idea what that means or whether it's a lot.
- grhino 16y ago
  Winning teams in professional basketball usually make around 45%-50% of their shots. During an average game, a team might attempt 80-90 shots. In this case, Kobe Bryant, a career 45% shooter, was held to 33% shooting and still attempted a large proportion of the teams overall shot attempts. However, like in reviewing individual statistics from almost all sports, missing 4 additional shot attempts than he normally would could just have been an expected statistical fluctuation.
  - hugh3 16y ago
    Thanks, that's a good explanation. With a few dozen more like it I could probably puzzle my way through this article, but I'm sure we've both got better things to do.
    - josefresco 16y ago
      I'm sorry but if you don't have a clue about professional basketball you really can 't appreciate this article. Not every piece of writing/reporting can be framed in a "gee-wiz" manor. Go do your "more important" things and we'll all enjoy the article.
- ryanelkins 16y ago
  There is a difference between "not liking" sports and not knowing anything about sports. Not that I fault you for it, obviously, this article assumes the reader has some basic understanding of the NBA and the rules of basketball.
  - hugh3 16y ago
    Fair enough. And I admit I'm far less ignorant about certain other sports (cricket, Formula 1, Rugby League) than I am about basketball.
  - eru 16y ago
    > There is a difference between "not liking" sports and not knowing anything about sports. Yes, and that's even an argument in favour of explaining more. E.g. I like some sports, but I don't know anything about basketball. (It's just not a big sport where I come from.)
- hyperbovine 16y ago
  Either you typoed "sports" or you are not from the U.S. (England?) I'm not a huge sports fan myself but this sort of jargon sort of penetrates by osmosis where I live.

I don't even like sports but this article had me glued to my monitor at 4:48 am.

by Qz 16y ago

I don't even like sports but this article had me glued to my monitor at 4:48 am.

hugh3 16y ago

Really? I don't like sport and I found I couldn't understand it at all. For instance, you have to read to paragraph 4 to find out that "Houston" is the same team as "The Rockets". I never quite figured out whether Battier and Ming are on the same team. And "The game drew a huge national television audience, which followed Bryant for his 47 miserable minutes: he shot 11 of 33 from the field and scored 24 points." -- I have no idea what that means or whether it's a lot.

grhino 16y ago
Winning teams in professional basketball usually make around 45%-50% of their shots. During an average game, a team might attempt 80-90 shots. In this case, Kobe Bryant, a career 45% shooter, was held to 33% shooting and still attempted a large proportion of the teams overall shot attempts. However, like in reviewing individual statistics from almost all sports, missing 4 additional shot attempts than he normally would could just have been an expected statistical fluctuation.
- hugh3 16y ago
  Thanks, that's a good explanation. With a few dozen more like it I could probably puzzle my way through this article, but I'm sure we've both got better things to do.
  - josefresco 16y ago
    I'm sorry but if you don't have a clue about professional basketball you really can 't appreciate this article. Not every piece of writing/reporting can be framed in a "gee-wiz" manor. Go do your "more important" things and we'll all enjoy the article.
ryanelkins 16y ago
There is a difference between "not liking" sports and not knowing anything about sports. Not that I fault you for it, obviously, this article assumes the reader has some basic understanding of the NBA and the rules of basketball.
- hugh3 16y ago
  Fair enough. And I admit I'm far less ignorant about certain other sports (cricket, Formula 1, Rugby League) than I am about basketball.
- eru 16y ago
  > There is a difference between "not liking" sports and not knowing anything about sports. Yes, and that's even an argument in favour of explaining more. E.g. I like some sports, but I don't know anything about basketball. (It's just not a big sport where I come from.)
hyperbovine 16y ago
Either you typoed "sports" or you are not from the U.S. (England?) I'm not a huge sports fan myself but this sort of jargon sort of penetrates by osmosis where I live.