Does Losing Lead to Winning? An Analysis of the Winning Paradox in Sports

A comeback happens seemingly every game…but do teams actually play better when their losing…? And worse when they’re ahead? In this video, we analyze the elasticity of comebacks (specifically in the NBA) and the studies done around potential causation. The NBA has long been a league where it is known that a 10-20 point lead can evaporate within one quarter…but how much of this is an actual trend, and how much of this is just narratives that float to the top of 30 teams playing a lot of games? The Midrange Theory Book: https://rb.gy/346w2j 00:00 The Comeback… 00:50 Strange Night in Salt Lake 02:18 Analysis – The RubberBand Effect 05:18 Risk-Averse vs. Risk-Neutral 07:56 Reversion? Not quite… 09:30 Defense…Motivation…Ghosts 11:30 Does Losing Lead to Winning (basketball)? 13:35 Misunderstanding Risk… #nba #nbaanalysis #sports #nfl