How to Use box score in a Sentence

box score

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  • This was one of those days when a stroke of luck looks like a stroke of genius in the box score.
    — Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 9 Dec. 2017
  • There are games when the final box score is a bit deceiving.
    — Don Markus, baltimoresun.com, 8 Jan. 2018
  • Check out the live updates, the full box score and complete details about the game here.
    — OregonLive.com, 1 Nov. 2017
  • Brown noted that a lot of what McConnell does doesn’t show up in the box score.
    — Sarah Todd, Philly.com, 25 Dec. 2017
  • Free-throw attempts were not recorded in the box scores in that particular campaign.
    — Gary Bedore, kansascity, 19 Dec. 2017
  • No surprise Kent lost on the road, but the box score is not indicative of a 19-point setback.
    — Elton Alexander, cleveland.com, 18 Dec. 2017
  • Paul, meanwhile, was magnificent, adding five 3-pointers, eight assists and seven steals to his box score.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Dec. 2017
  • Among conventional box score stats, targets per game is the most predictive indicator of future fantasy production at the tight end position.
    — Chris Raybon, SI.com, 3 Nov. 2017
  • Throughout his first season as head coach at Missouri, Cuonzo Martin has been very critical of Barnett’s play, regarless of what the box score says.
    — Alex Schiffer, kansascity, 22 Dec. 2017
  • Nate's box scores, but a lot of the plays from the game.
    — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 5 June 2023
  • Some of them show up in the box score, some of them don’t.
    — Broderick Turner Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2021
  • The fifth, a 24-10 win against N.C. State, should have been a tossup based on the box score.
    — Christopher Smith, al, 11 Oct. 2021
  • But the box score was pretty ugly for the rest of the Bucks.
    — David Brandt, ajc, 9 July 2021
  • All the telltale signs of a smooth road blowout were right there in the box score.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 13 Feb. 2021
  • The guy’s worth goes further than the points column in the box score.
    — Vince Ellis, Detroit Free Press, 26 Nov. 2019
  • Bridges doesn’t score the most points or do the most of anything that might pop in the box score.
    — Ben Cohen, WSJ, 1 June 2021
  • Why even risk it just to get an assist in the box score?
    — Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 21 Feb. 2022
  • Hart’s impact on the game didn’t translate to the box score.
    — Ryan McFadden, baltimoresun.com, 26 Jan. 2022
  • But 24 years ago Tuesday, Bryant was just a blip in the box score.
    — Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2020
  • So, The Freak Show will fill up a few box scores this season.
    — Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al, 27 Aug. 2019
  • What the box score won’t show is how close the Dodgers were to disaster.
    — Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2021
  • And then there are the intangibles, the things that don’t show up in the box score.
    — Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Oct. 2022
  • Sengun scored nine points in his 24 minutes and was a +20 in the box score.
    — Rahat Huq, Chron, 4 Feb. 2022
  • The big 0 in the box score: Confetti pieces fired into the sky.
    — Dan Gelston, courant.com, 7 May 2018
  • To be able to watch it in person and not just check a box score will be a lot of fun.
    — Chris Payne, Billboard, 29 Mar. 2018
  • The All-Pro outside linebacker played 46 snaps and didn’t get his name in the box score.
    — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 23 Nov. 2019
  • No one else in the box score even approached that kind of impact.
    — Al Saracevic, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 May 2018
  • And there were other sweet passes that didn’t show up in the box score.
    — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2021
  • But box scores and stats tell only part of the story of Mays’ greatness.
    — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2024
  • Listen to this article The hits just keep on coming for the Mets — not the ones that show up on a box score, but the metaphorical ones.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 29 May 2024

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