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The box score is weird 

Post#1 » by Fencer reregistered » Thu May 29, 2008 4:15 am

The Celtics had 42 rebounds + 8 team = 50.
The Pistons had 25 + 12 = 37.
The Celtics had 2 more TOs than the Pistons.

Hence, one would think the Celtics would have had approximately 11 more possessions.

The Celtics had 6 more FG attempts than the Pistons. So to a first approximation they should have had 10 or so more FT attempts than the Pistons. However, they actually had 8 FEWER free throw attempts.

I can only think of a few ways anomalies like that can come in. First, on possession count:

1. Jump balls -- but I don't recall any, and I missed only a few plays of the whole game.
2. Possessions at the end of a quarter -- but there are at most 4 of those.
3. Possessions that end on made FTs (and not on 3-pt plays).
4. "Team TOs" -- three-second violations or something.

Second, not all FTs are created the same way. And-1s, technicals, and 3-shot fouls all invalidate a strict "2 FTs = 1 possession" rule.

Still, that seems like a huge swing from what one would naively expect (10 more FTs) to what actually happened (8 fewer). Pretty much all the anomalous factors must have pointed in the same direction ...
5. FTs that
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Post#2 » by Datruth345 » Thu May 29, 2008 4:22 am

there was a jump ball with ray allen and lindsay hunter in which ray allen won, if that helps you
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Post#3 » by Fencer reregistered » Thu May 29, 2008 4:33 am

Datruth345 wrote:there was a jump ball with ray allen and lindsay hunter in which ray allen won, if that helps you


That makes it WORSE! :)

What happened to all the Cs' extra possessions?
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Post#4 » by Al n' Perk No Layups! » Thu May 29, 2008 4:49 am

Fencer reregistered wrote:-= original quote snipped =-



That makes it WORSE! :)

What happened to all the Cs' extra possessions?


Indiana Jones and the Empire of the Lost Possessions, opening nationwide 5/29/08.
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Post#5 » by omarvelous » Thu May 29, 2008 11:06 am

who takes the time to notice that?
someone has a lot of time on their hands.
*hint hint
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