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Originally Posted by Mathgod
Really clever and original response. Good job.
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I don't know how else it can be explained though.
If you are making a statement that Team A is X points out of a playoff spot, the only way to sort the standings is by points.
If you wanted to use points percentage, you would have to say Team A is y% out of a playoff spot when sorted on that basis, to try to normalize for games played. Which is a valid way of doing it.
But you can't sort by percentage and then say how far behind a team is using points. Your statement becomes false because another team had more points, that you aren't counting because of how you sorted.
It's just not an accurate way of looking at things.
Again you can look at it by points percentage if you are stating how far the team is behind on that basis, and sorting that way.
Or you can look at it by accumulated points if you sort by that and state how far the team is behind on that basis.
You can't mix it.