Settle a bet for me:
There are 82 games in an NBA season. To go .500 for the season, a team needs a 41-41 record. If a team is 43-17, would you say they are 26 or 2 games above .500?
How many games would they have to lose in a row to be .500?
You can do the math.
All your hypothetical questions and input don't mean anything.
Games above .500 is an actual number and always has a finite answer.
Clarify your question.
How many games above .500 will X be this year at this point?
Or is the question.... how many games above .500 is x?
There is no argument, debate, or wiggle. If this is what you debate about with friends...drink more or drink less or get new friendX?
It's used like 26. You would have to lose 26 games to be .500.
You could make an argument for 13....the number of games outcomes you must change...but not 2.
I like Games won-.5(games played)=13