Ive been a score keeper for a couple of years in high school and first year of university.

Its kind of a tough job sometimes, most of the time its super easy, but yes we do get bored sometimes or miss something attributing the stat to the wrong player. The most important thing is points and fouls because those do actually matter.

That being said obviously if i was a scorekeeper in a professional league I obviously wouldve done everything right and wouldve had a dictator tell me the numbers of everyone so i dont miss anything while looking down on the computer (i only had one a few times).

But yeah getting paid 15 bucks per game to keep stats in my towns local league was fun, and giving a rebound or an assist (usually a steal or a block because those are impossible to track sometimes without replays) to a kid or guy who sees the court only when its a blowout was one of the best parts of the job. Telling someone they got 20+ rebounds or 15+ assits and seeing them be happy about it was wonderful. Telling an end of bench guy that he contributed with a few rebounds and a steal or two would make their eyes light up a lot of the time. I miss doing it at times but its hard when im rarely in town.