26th
Rams vs Mavs
Someone in my fantasy football league just asked this question…
OK, I got a little question / thought experiment for you.
The New England Patriots play against the Dallas Mavericks in a game of basketball. The outcome of course is a foregone conclusion… The following weekend, the Mavericks play against the Patriots in a game of football, with a similar expectation of victory.
The question is… Who scores more points in their win?
Also note that the basketball game occurs prior to the football game. I think this is important due to the likelihood of grievous bodily harm during the football game.
Followup question: Does the answer change if they play against the St. Louis Rams? Or if the Rams play the Warriors (or whoever sucks right now in the MBA)?
Here’s my response.
Presuming the teams are both trying to score as many points as they reasonably can, or at the very least not taking a knee on every play after halftime, the Pats beat the Mavs 205-6 on the gridiron. The Pats keep it closer, but lose 156-68 at hoops.
First of all, the Mavs suit up about 15 players, they’re tired going both ways all game. Football is as much strategy and technique as athletic ability — no way the Mavs can cover the schemes the Pats will throw at them on offense, and no way they can consistently block on defense. I was struggling to figure out how the Mavs score, but I reckon they may have enough speed at PG that eventually someone will elude enough defenders and return a kick for TD (PAT failed).
Just about everyone plays hoops recreationally, and hoops is much more reliant on physical ability than any other sport (maybe soccer withstanding). I’m sure the Pats have at least a couple of guys that played hoops in college. They have enough size/speed at OLB to bang inside, and think they can slow the game down to prevent it from getting away.
I really think any NFL team wins this experiment with any NBA team — Rams over Heat.
