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Old Wed Feb 17, 2010, 01:12pm
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Do you think it's important to know the exact score, as opposed to having a general idea of the size of the lead?

Usually I'd be hard-pressed to know the exact score of a game, but I generally try keep a good idea of the relative score: "Home team is up by a bunch (10+)", "Visitors are leading by a few (4-10)", "Score is pretty much tied (within three points either way)"
My wife when I get home: "who won?"
Me: "I did"

when you start caring too much about the exact score/ player fouls etc you simply have stopped doing the job you were contracted to do. Let the scorer do their job and you do yours!
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Old Wed Feb 17, 2010, 02:13pm
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Sure they should.

But that still doesn't detail for me the importance of memorizing the aforementioned parts (score, time left, foul problems-yeesh) of the game in the third quarter.
Last night, last HS game of the year for me. Fourth quarter and we have a violation of some sort. I see the timer waving at me. I look at the scoreboards and they are both out. I head over to the table while asking my partner, "2:05 left, right?" He shrugs.

Plug finds its way back into the socket or something and the board comes on. 2:04. Visiting coach ribs me about not knowing the right time. If the scoreboard would've reset, it would've been a pretty good thing that I didn't wait until the last two minutes of the fourth to start with my game awareness.
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