The viewership thing was nice, albeit sort of depressing. Read more

No matter how many games a series goes, there are only 4 games that will be on the + side of the winner. So if the 60 Celtics take 7 games, if anything that hurts, not helps, their +55 because the opponent would have three games where they won which would go against that figure. But victory per game would be another… Read more

Good point there. A single game can influence these numbers a good deal. Read more

It is interesting when point differentials aren't predictive. Fun anecdote about Detroit there. Read more

I'm saving that for when I write about whether receivers dropping their first pass affects later catches. Read more

I like how self-fulfilling this idea is. Read more

That's natural. If you miss the first one, you might not get another. At least that's what I hear. Forget moral fibre though. Keep shooting. Read more