re: 3rd Quarter Malaise: Reality or Myth?

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I looked at this before, and I will dig in again. One thing I checked was correlation, game by game, of scoring differential by quarter and game outcome. The second quarter was very important that year. I think it was a reflection of the thinness of the team.

But, myth is my guess.

We can check conditional correlations, but if you chop things up too fine, you lose the signal.

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Good stuff. I'm not trying to flame anyone, just curious.

As for the board, we've got some great, knowledgeable posters here and a few trolls. shite happens and luckily the trolls are easy to spot. I'm always willing to talk hoops with anyone who is interested and especially if they disagree.