▁been ▁noted , ▁however , ▁that ▁in ▁" some ▁sports , ▁such ▁as ▁tennis ▁or ▁baseball , ▁a ▁com eb ack ▁is ▁possible ▁until ▁the ▁very ▁last ▁point , ▁regardless ▁of ▁what ▁the ▁def ic it ▁might ▁be ". ▁Many ▁sport ing ▁news ▁out lets ▁have ▁compiled ▁lists ▁of ▁" gre at est ▁com eb acks " ▁for ▁various ▁sports . ▁ ▁Some ▁academic ▁study ▁of ▁sports ▁com eb acks ▁has ▁been ▁conducted . ▁One ▁study ▁indicated ▁that ▁in ▁the ▁sports ▁of ▁basketball , ▁football ▁and ▁ice ▁hockey , ▁the ▁team ▁leading ▁in ▁points ▁at ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁the ▁final ▁period ▁of ▁play ▁wins ▁the ▁game ▁ 8 0 % ▁of ▁the ▁time , ▁with ▁the ▁trailing ▁team ▁over coming ▁this ▁dis adv antage ▁ 2 0 % ▁of ▁the ▁time . ▁Another ▁determined ▁that ▁the ▁home ▁team ▁advantage ▁has ▁a ▁significant ▁impact ▁on ▁the ▁probability ▁of ▁a ▁team ▁engineering ▁a ▁late ▁com eb ack , ▁not ing ▁that ▁for ▁professional ▁basketball ▁teams , ▁" the ▁home ▁team ▁is ▁more ▁than ▁three ▁times ▁as ▁likely ▁to ▁make ▁a ▁fourth - qu arter ▁com eb ack ▁than ▁is ▁the ▁visit ing ▁team ▁( 3 3 . 3 % ▁versus ▁ 1 0 . 5 %) ". ▁A ▁com eb ack ▁by ▁one ▁compet itor ▁may ▁co inci de ▁with , ▁or ▁be ▁altern atively ▁character ized , ▁as ▁a ▁" cho ke " ▁by ▁the ▁oppon ent ▁allowing ▁the ▁com eb ack . ▁ ▁American ▁football ▁There ▁is ▁no ▁official ▁definition ▁or ▁stat istic