rick@ucla-cs.UUCP (02/09/85)
Q: What's the most boring hour of sports?
A: The last two minutes of a basketball game.
(oh, oh, it's getting warm in here)
I never paid much attention to basketball until I moved to L.A. (basketball
is about as popular in Canada as hockey is in the States - ie. not very).
I have watched a few games (ya gotta watch the Bruins 'round here) but I
cannot believe how a fast paced game can come to a screeching halt near
the end. Between fouls and timeouts it takes *forever* to play out the end
of a game - and no one ever concedes victory ("they're only down 10 points
with 5 seconds to go, they have a chance with a three pointer, steal the
inbounds, another three pointer, ..."). I cannot believe there are people
who tune in a game just for the last two minutes. Here, you can have my
seat.
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Rick Gillespie
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