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Category - NBA Basketball

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Are the Miami Heat Statisitcally Un-clutch?

March 14, 2011
by harvardsports
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by Andrew Mooney Much has been made of the Miami Heat’s dismal late game performance this season. By now, we’ve all seen the stat: one-for-eighteen is enough to drive anyone to tears. But just how badly are they choking...

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  • NBA Basketball

Six Degrees of NBA Separation

March 4, 2011
by harvardsports
5 min read
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by Ben Blatt and Arjun Modi Click Here to view the website Treating two actors that were in the same film as ‘connected’, the game Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon seeks to connect actors to Kevin Bacon in six links or...

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  • NBA Basketball

A Transcript and Illustration of Kenny Smith’s Glorious Blake Griffin Car Dunk Speech

February 20, 2011
by harvardsports
2 min read
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By David Roher Transcript, compiled by watching this Youtube video: KENNY: Well, we seen a lot of dunks over the dunk…over the great dunk contest, look at this panel, this esteemed panel, that was sitting here, and we’ve...

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  • NBA Basketball

The NBA H-O-R-S-E Competition Was Mathematically Doomed

February 18, 2011
by harvardsports
5 min read
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by Ben Blatt Perhaps the NBA was hoping for something out of a Larry Bird versus Michael Jordan McDonalds commercial when it debuted the NBA H-O-R-S-E competition two years ago. Instead, they got an excruciatingly slow paced game...

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  • NCAA Basketball

Ohio Basketball Streaks: Which Was More Improbable?

February 16, 2011
by harvardsports
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By Arjun Modi and Daniel Adler Going into this past weekend, two Ohio basketball teams were streaking, but within just 24 hours, both streaks were over.  On Friday evening, the Cleveland Cavaliers’ 26 game losing streak...

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A History of Pro Sports Divisional Parity

February 14, 2011
by harvardsports
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By Daniel Granoff Two thirds of the way into the NHL season, the Los Angeles Kings are in last place in their division, on the outside of the playoff picture looking in. They were darlings of the preseason rankings and several...

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  • NBA Basketball
  • NCAA Basketball

The McDonald’s All-American Game and the Road to Success

February 10, 2011
by harvardsports
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By Alex Koenig Ever since 1977, fast-food giant McDonald’s has annually held a game highlighting the top seniors, nationwide, in high school basketball. The 791 players who have played in this game hold in their ranks such...

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  • NBA Basketball
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Do All-Star Games Predict Finals Winners? (Or, Another Reason not to Watch the Pro Bowl)

January 31, 2011
by harvardsports
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By David Roher Twitter follower Blake Barfield asked us last night if there was any correlation between the conference winner of the Pro Bowl and that of the Super Bowl. I decided to tackle this question for the NFL and the other...

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  • NBA Basketball

One and Done: A Thing of the Past? An Analysis of the NBA First-Round Playoff Format

November 9, 2010
by harvardsports
4 min read
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By Will McMillan In the middle of the 2002-2003 NBA season, the league made a decision to switch the first round of playoff series from a best-of-5 to best-of-7 format. This was a puzzling move at the time, with the most cited...

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  • NBA Basketball

Predicting NBA Road Team Attendance: Do Marginal Fans Come to See the Home Team Lose?

November 8, 2010
by harvardsports
6 min read
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By John Ezekowitz and Alex Koenig Before the start of the latest NBA season, NBA superfan and ESPN columnist Bill Simmons wrote a column ranking all NBA teams in order of “must-see.” Simmons has his personal...

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