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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 te
by hugh3 17y 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 17y agoWinning 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 17y agoThanks, 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 17y agoI'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 17y agoThere 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 17y agoFair enough. And I admit I'm far less ignorant about certain other sports (cricket, Formula 1, Rugby League) than I am about basketball.
- eru 17y 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 17y agoEither 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.