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Rocky Mtn Advantage

Hey Stiffs,

I was passed along this article and just wanted to share it with you. Some pretty interesting numbers and theories on home court advantage (which the Nuggets know all about).

Rocky Mountain Home Court Advantage by Phil Londen. (click the link to read the whole article)

According to a study by a graduate students at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, the NBA has the largest home court advantage out of the four major American sports leagues. In the NBA, the home team won 61 percent of the time, compared to 53 percent for the MLB, 55 percent for the NHL and 58 percent for the NFL.
Focusing in on the NBA, the Denver Nuggets actually owned the previous decade’s best home court advantage.

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