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Originally Posted by Table 5
Hockey is exciting for 60+ minutes. Basketball is exciting for the last 2 minutes....although that can feel like 60 minutes.
I haven't followed basketball much since the Bulls days, but to me it's a sport that lacks flow. Way too many whistles, and seems like you can't breathe around someone without a foul.
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Full disclosure: I enjoy both basketball and hockey immensely, but I know quite a bit more about basketball than hockey. I came to Canada at age 8, and we were poor, so Hockey wasn't really an option for me. But for Bball just some shoes and I was in - plus I'm tall so that helps.
I would disagree about the overall hockey more exciting than basketball statement. As with many sports, the more you understand the more you find exciting things in what some people would find mundane. I'm sure lots of people enjoy things like line matching, face-off technique, neutral zone traps, power play formations, dump/chase vs. puck possession, etc. when it comes to hockey that many people, including those who like watching hockey, never really see. The same holds true for basketball. Granted, while the last 2 minutes of SOME games seem a little silly, there is still strategy involved, and the story of the entire game matters to those 2 minutes.
Reason I posted the link to the poll was just that the Americans have so much more exposure to basketball than Hockey, I thought it was illustrative.
I love watching both - so I get the best of both worlds! (much to my wife's chagrin...)
