Why underdogs do better in hockey than basketball
Vox has a small feature on the subject and it is interesting from an analytics perspective. Basically, it comes down to luck having a bigger factor in hockey due to the fact there is less variance among skill levels of individual players, and that star players need more rest due to the nature of the game.
Probably not a groundbreaking assertion, but well articulated by the speaker I think.
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