Guest Post by Abacus Reveals
Don’t you just love it when the in-game analysis of the legendary Tom Heinsohn– if Tommy-Gun hangs around long enough, he’ll be honored with a third plaque out there in Springfield – strays to the “trigonometry” of the game?
Like the magnificent oration he delivered at this summer’s Hall of Fame induction, the old coach’s words – entertainment value aside (I see you, Hank Finkel!!) – rarely fail to understandably de-compose the ten-man ballet that is the game we all so enjoy.
Strangely, there’s a little purely mathematical trigonometry in the Boston Celtics’ performance during the first eight weeks of the 2015-16 NBA calendar (which happens to be one-third of the regular season, if you’re counting).