OT: "looked anything like" as hyponegation

[Victor Steinbok]

Of course, to do that Atlanta would need a whole new season, because
they would have to overtake the Miami Heat first. (The Knicks and the
Celtics are, as are the Hawks and the Heat, but there are not enough
games left in the season.) Every division winner is guaranteed home
field advantage, which is why the Celtics are seeded third, even though
the Hawks (and Orlando) have a better record.

Of course, the announcer might have wanted to say "did NOT look anything
like", rather than one of the other two, which is why it's a
hyponegation in the first place. Then, again, when it happens fifteen
times in one year, it's probably safe to say he was not misspeaking (or
had a typo in the printed column or ...).

     VS-)

On 4/22/2012 10:39 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:
> At 4/22/2012 10:01 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:
>> On yesterday's local (WTNH) TV sports wrap-up, referring to Friday
>> night's basketball game, in which the New York Knicks (all but
>> guaranteed of a playoff spot) were crushed by the usually hapless
>> Cleveland Cavaliers:  "Last night the Knicks looked anything LIKE a
>> playoff team".
> And today the Knicks looked nothing like a playoff team, as they beat
> the Atlanta Hawks, who are striving (but not hard enough) to overtake
> the Boston Celtics for the fourth seed in the Eastern division,
> whereas the Knicks are struggling to hold on to the seventh seed.
>
> Joel
>
> (Of course, what I mean is "like nothing but a playoff team".)

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