True, we have gotten even better by de-emphasizing angles, but as one saw with our AFC GOY yesterday, we cannot ignore jaw dropping ones. The home team when they are off a loss by more than ten points in which they committed more than ten turnovers and at least ten more fouls than their season-to-date average is a stunning 27-4-2 in this extremely rare situation since 1996. That is 87.1 percent.

When Boston opted to hire a young gun college basketball coach and rookies led by Kelly Olynyk, there would be a big learning curve for him and his rebuilding team. Brad Stevens and the youngsters are playing three games in four nights for the first time ever. Ugly it becomes.