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Nomad
Posted Aug 15, 1999 12:59 AM
10. The last player off the bench in basketball - His name is Paul, he's 6'4" and he averaged .02 points and 0.1 assists per game last year. The last player of the bench in hockey - His name is Paul, he's 6'4" in skates and he had 3 goals 5 assists, and 385 penalty minutes last year.
9. Hockey has a Zamboni- 'nuff said!
8. Some last names in Basketball: Jordan, Pippen, Smith. Some last names in Hockey - Zelepukin, Khabibulin, Satan.
7. It does not take a half hour to play the final two minutes of a close hockey game.
6. Hockey intermission- players are interviewed by members of the press. Basketball intermission- players are arrested for assaulting members of the press.
5. Cartoon character factor- Hockey has Disney and the Mighty Ducks. Basketball has Looney Tunes (Space Jam), and we all know who has the better theme park
4. In Basketball, championship trophies get put on display in the owner's house. In hockey, the Stanley Cup goes on a road trip with the players around the world.
3. Better audience participation in hockey, where fans are allowed to throw hats, and on occasion plastic mammals and dead mollusks onto the playing surface.
2. There simply is no basketball equivalent to Slapshot.
1. There are approximately 100 more professional hockey teams in North America than basketball teams, and all those people going to the games couldn't be wrong.
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