Rich I dont doubt what your saying but I just find it hard to believe that what you paraphrased is the reason for the extremely bloated HOME advantages that you see in basketball because the greater testosterone levels that are prevelant before each game surely must get brought back down to earth of the course of an entire game that for the most part sees a number of momentum and streak swings for both teams but for some reason ends with the home team prevailing (considering both teams are generally pretty equal in terms of talent )
The players most certainly seem to feed their adrenalin rushes throughout the game from the crowd but whyso more in basketball than in any other sport? Could the fact that the art of consistantly shooting well is as much psychological as it is physical?....Are outside distractions much more of a hindrance/aid in the art of shooting a basketball then they are in any other sport?...what could be skew these stats so much in favor of Home advantages in basketball?
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