box score
a record of the play of a game, especially a baseball or basketball game, in which, on separate sides of the record, the players on each team are listed in a column by name and position, with additional rows of columns, each headed by the abbreviation of the type of information to be given for each player.
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How to use box score in a sentence
He has the body of a center and the talents of a guard, a duality that’s reflected in his box score output.
Giannis Antetokounmpo Has Gone Where Few Players Have Before | Louis Zatzman | July 22, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightSince blocks and steals were added to the box score in 1973-74, only Giannis and LeBron James13 have tallied per-game averages of at least 30 points, 10 rebounds, five assists, one block and one steal over a full postseason.
Giannis Antetokounmpo Has Gone Where Few Players Have Before | Louis Zatzman | July 22, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightHis box score output is practically the same as last year’s, and though he runs a slightly higher rate of pick and rolls, the manner in which he is used is the same as last year as well, per Second Spectrum.
The Bucks Remade Themselves Defensively. But Are They Ready For The Nets? | Louis Zatzman | June 3, 2021 | FiveThirtyEightHowever, he shot just 7 for 19 from the field and was a minus-17 in the box score.
Knicks’ Julius Randle has gone from most improved player to mostly misfiring against Hawks | Des Bieler | May 31, 2021 | Washington PostBy the box score, Thursday afternoon’s game was what the people who built the 2021 Washington Nationals would prefer them to look like.
The Nats have shaken off slow starts before, but this one seems to raise bigger questions | Barry Svrluga | May 13, 2021 | Washington Post
Other Idioms and Phrases with box score
A detailed summary of actions or an event, as in The President wanted to base his reelection campaign on his box score. The term comes from baseball, where since about 1910 it has signified a statistical summary in table form of the essential details of a game. About 1930 it began to be used figuratively, especially by politicians referring to their own record while in office.
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