strange game took place four years ago

Data · May 23, 2007

I am curious about a game between Clippers and Kings that took place on 01/18/2003 in LA. I was not interested at that time in NBA and stumbled on this game just today while working on my data. I suspect that this game has been discussed in the past.

The Clippers' record then was 14-24 while the Kings were 29-10. There are two things that make that game stand out. First is the line, it was Clippers -6.5 with no injured stars. Second is free throws disparity. The Clippers had 46 FTAs while the Kings had 7. The result was 112-107 Clippers. Do you know anything about this game that does not get posted in the recap?

steaktartar · May 23, 2007

Data said:
I am curious about a game between Clippers and Kings that took place on 01/18/2003 in LA. I was not interested at that time in NBA and stumbled on this game just today while working on my data. I suspect that this game has been discussed in the past.

The Clippers' record then was 14-24 while the Kings were 29-10. There are two things that make that game stand out. First is the line, it was Clippers -6.5 with no injured stars. Second is free throws disparity. The Clippers had 46 FTAs while the Kings had 7. The result was 112-107 Clippers. Do you know anything about this game that does not get posted in the recap?

clippers didnt cover the line so any attempt at cheating went awry

Journeyman · May 23, 2007

There had to be some extraordinary circumstance ....either that or it's an error....have you double checked the line? (which looks backwards to me)

Also it might be possible to check old threads right here in the NBA forum if you can find the time period.

Journeyman · May 23, 2007

unfortunatley the RX NBA forum now only goes back to July 2003.

crunch99 · May 23, 2007

Don't you have Klingons to battle?

onemwtheone · May 23, 2007

You have the line backwards. I have final line as SAC -7.0, -107 each way from Canbet. LAC won 112-107.

Data · May 23, 2007

Thank you all. Yes, I have the line backwards, that is how I have gotten it from Covers. So, due to FTAs disparity, I suppose, we still can call it a strange game but, likely, nothing more.

Speaking about validity of data sources. If I look at Covers, TheRX and Donbest and see three different lines for a given game that took place in the past, what do I make out of it? What if I am mostly interested in consensus line? What line archives you consider to be good?

RupertPupkin · May 23, 2007

That didnt come out right

Heres a link to the boxscore if you need it Data

http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/LAC20030118.html

Addict101 · May 23, 2007

crunch99 said:
Don't you have Klingons to battle?

I knew someone was going to take a stab like this.

Data · May 23, 2007

RupertPupkin said:
That didnt come out right

Heres a link to the boxscore if you need it Data

http://www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/LAC20030118.html

That is one of my most frequently used websites. That is why I was looking for anything besides boxscores. :toast:

That and web.archive.org, arguably one of the three most usefull sites on the net, along with Google and TheRX! :lol: