this year)

Wests
The Hornets' David West is averaging a career-high 19.6 points in the thrilling Western Conference (176-131) against the East this year).
-- Who's Hot Who's Not in Sports Illustrated, Monday February 18th 2008

Where is the opening to that final closing parenthesis? Actually, the opening is likely already there, because if you delete the earlier closing parenthesis then this sentence makes perfect sense.