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box score
noun
- 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.
Word History and Origins
Origin of box score1
Example Sentences
“But he did a lot of really good things. … There were a few plays that he made just getting deflections and disrupting plays … some plays at the rim that don’t show up in the box score, but he was awesome.”
The concerns for the Lakers moving forward can be found all over the final box score, the 19-point edge in fast-break points showing how much faster Minnesota played.
After expending so much blood, sweat and tears to reach the majors, their reward was a single yellowed newspaper box score with their name in it.
“Never judge a player by his box score,” JJ Redick said of Goodwin, who had just two points and four fouls.
That involved creating a box score, a visual map of the fictional game that would unfold throughout the film.
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