How Do You Read A Basketball Box Score?
When you miss the big NBA game the next best way to find out what happened is to check the box score. The NBA box score is a very complete record of the game. You can get an idea of how individuals and teams performed based on the raw data contained in a box score. Check out who is on the bottom. You can tell who the home team is by which team is listed on the bottom of the quarter by quarter recap. The quarter by quarter recap is displayed at the top of the box score and it shows how many points each team scored in every quarter. If you enjoy addition, or if you have a calculator, you can add up the quarterly results and see what the score was at the end of every quarter. This is a decent indicator of the flow of the game. Know the abbreviations. Next comes the individual player stats and you have to know what each column means. These columns are not always in the same order so you need to know what they each stand for. Stats included in a NBA box score are minutes (“M” or “MIN”), fie
