Can hockey teams have the O2X pattern? I believe I\'m seeing it. Game 7 Stars/Blues where STL played best game in some time, totally dominant, bit of a step back in Game 1 vs. San Jose, then total meltdown last night. Predicting a return to the top Game 3.
Yes, it\'s come to this...
You could have given me a lot of guesses about what you meant by blues.
Sorry Shanny,
Its a Bay Area time of year. Sharks and Dubs baby.
No idea about hockey (horse racing seems to have a lot of hockey fan crossover for some reason...) but I\'m convinced teams can bounce too just like a horse and base that on them all being athletes giving superior efforts which drains them for the next performance.
Consider too that unless it\'s the last game of the season, teams play much closer together than horses race back which only can exacerbates the effect even with guys on the bench who can sub in.
One instance I can think of immediately is Wisconsin in the 2015 Final Four game vs Kentucky to go to the NCAA Tournament Final game. Wisconsin played their butts off and got revenge on a UK team squad that beat Badgers late rounds of 2014 Tournament. Long story short, they left it all on the court vs Cats and Wisc essentially \"bounced\", playing listless and flat a few days later in a loss to an inferior Duke team in the Championship.
Likewise, I would not be surprised to see Cavs throw in an \"X\" or off-night Game 2 or Game 3 based on the unnecessary blowout last night or Thunder to cycle back around to their normal efforts allowing Warriors to regain foothold in that series.
Rangers X the series