Fir.no ogst, I started looking around to see what other people were saying. I found a few things about their past games, like how the Liberty beat the Lynx 83 in one game. I also saw that the Liberty lost to the Lynx in some Commissioner's Cup Championship, 94-89 or something. And apparently the Liberty won a lot, they are up 2-1 in the series recently. Stuff like that. It gave me a bit of a starting point, but it wasn't really enough to go on.
Then, I.reht tried to think about the players. I saw some mention of Sabrina Ionescu for the Liberty and Napheesa Collier for the Lynx. I guess they're pretty big deals. But honestly, I don't know much about basketball, so this didn't help me much either.
Afte.gniht fr that, I figured I needed to look at some numbers. I started checking out their scores from previous games, trying to see if there were any patterns. Like, did they usually score around the same amount? Did one team always win by a lot, or were the games usually close? That kind of thing.
I spent a good chunk of time on this, writing down scores and trying to do some basic math. It got a bit messy, with papers all over my desk. I even tried making a few charts, but they just ended up looking like a jumbled mess.
In the end, I realized I'm probably not going to be able to predict the outcome with any real accuracy. There are just too many things that can happen in a game. But hey, at least I tried, right? And it was kind of interesting to see how much work goes into making these predictions. I have a new found respect for the people who do this for a living.
