A sport score is a score based on a combination of multiple factors. It typically measures a team’s overall success in a game, but can also be used to measure specific aspects of the game. For example, the sports score of a basketball game may include free-throw percentage, rebounds and shooting percentage. A sports commentator often interprets and analyzes these numbers to make predictions about the future of the game.

Most sports are based on point-based victories, in which the winner is declared when it achieves a certain number of points ahead of its rival. However, a small number of sports have no points and run for a fixed duration. For these games, winning is the result of completing a number of rounds sooner than its opponent.

In these sports, a game is divided into several scoring periods, lasting a maximum of 48 or 60 minutes (not including potential overtime). In most cases the team with the highest score at the end of the period wins. The number of rounds in the game is usually determined by a tournament format. However, in other situations the number of rounds can be adapted to fit the game’s rules.