Yeah I can do the math. If a team beats me by 5 points, I know I can look at the stats and figure out that he made more shots than me. Great. But taht doesn't answer the question as tio why he made more shots than me when I beat him in every category and my players had better skill ratings than his across the board.
It is like, for example, the Miami Dolphins beating the New England Patriots next week. Yeah you can look at the numbers and say, well the FG kicker kicked an extra FG so they won by 3 points. The bigger question would be, why was the game so tight to begin with when the skills of the teams are in favor of the Patriots in every position. So I'm trying to to figure out what, in the game engine, is being weighed MUCH more heavily than it should be. If I can figure that out, I can use that to my advantage in future matches. The TO's and the FT's aren't the answer in this case. It has to do moreso with indirect things such as home court advantage .