Kings vs Bucks, who really won?


To start off, I just want to clarify I only have a very basic understanding about basketball. Regardless, I decided to examine the language used on the corresponding websites highlight videos from Saturday night’s Kings vs Bucks game. http://www.nba.com/kings/ http://www.nba.com/bucks/  They obviously were covering different sides of the same event. What was interesting is that on the Kings website, they had included almost every basket and only one or two clips of defensive moves, while on the Bucks website, they had only their best shots, mostly dunks or phenomenal passing leading to a three pointer, as well as multiple clips of defensive moves. Also, even though the Kings lost, their highlight video was almost three times longer. Their headline descriptions used completely different language as well. The Kings used the phrase “comeback effort,” showing that they tried their best and it was a fight for a comeback the whole game. The Bucks talked about the game being their, “fourth win in a row,” showing it did not take much effort and implying they are on a winning streak and used the term “victory,” implying it was well earned. Also the commentators use of language was obviously different for each of the corresponding teams. The Kings and Bucks both used "defense" and "offense" differently.

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