Acupuncture blog Lhasa OMS recently conducted a study to determine which teams' sports fans were among the most stressed out, measured by the number of close games a team has played in over the last five full seasons.
In determining the criteria for what constitutes a "close" game, the study used NFL games where the score was within 7 points (a one-score contest), all NBA games within 5 points (the league’s definition of a close game per their two-minute reports), hockey games within 2 goals (known as “the most dangerous lead”), and baseball games within 3 runs (the scenario for a save situation).