Bob Voulgaris

Correct.

He knows all the secrets, but doesn't talk.

That's what you want.

I was working as a skycap at the airport and I had bet some Utah Jazz games under and I went to go work my night shift at the airport thinking I had won the bet because they had scored like 72 points in the first half and the game total was 195 or something like that.

And then I came home to realize I lost and then it happened again the next night.

And then I started to look a little bit closer and I realized almost all of the Utah Jazz games, when they played on the road specifically, were going under in the first half and over in the second half.

And a lot of times the game would go over no matter how low scoring the first half was.

And so I kind of thought, well, that's interesting.

I wonder if there's other teams that have similar tendencies.

And so I started just doing like pure database work and seeing what teams are averaging in the first half and the second half, not just by average.

overall, but also home and away.

So at first I thought like they're just playing slower, but then the data shows you that the pace is about the same.

So it's an efficiency thing.

The shots aren't as efficient in the first half as they are, which sounds crazy.

How could that be?

And I would say 90% of the teams when I was coming around in 95, like there was three teams who wanted to have their defense in front of them in the first half.

Usually you want your defense in front of you in the second half.

And so those three teams were the teams, Utah Jazz, New Jersey Nets, Washington Wizards, who had that first half under, second half over profile in away games.

Correct.

And I think the reason is, is because in general, defense is so important.