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We\u2019ve all heard the expression that certain athletes \u201cthink the game\u201d on a different level, or that so-and-so has a high basketball IQ<\/a><\/strong>. It\u2019s a clich\u00e9, for sure, but it\u2019s an accurate one. Some players really are better at reading an opposing team, or recognizing a shift in momentum.<\/p>\n Often, a player demonstrates that IQ in an obvious way, and in a moment that might later be recognized as a turning point in a game. But for every instance of in-game IQ that we do see, there might be five that we don\u2019t. And one of the best reveals of that invisible IQ came in this interview<\/a><\/strong> with Andre Agassi.<\/p>\n He talks about coming up against Boris Becker, a German player who featured one of the biggest serves<\/a><\/strong> of his era. Agassi, like the rest of the men\u2019s tour, was having trouble with Becker\u2019s serve; it \u201cwas something the game had never seen before,\u201d he told Unscriptd, and he lost to Becker three straight times when the two started playing each other.<\/p>\n