Basketball Terms Ipsum

2-point field goals 2-point field goal attempts 3p 3-point field goal attempts (available since the 1979-80 season in the nba) age assists defensive rating (available since the 1977-78 season in the nba); for players and teams it is points allowed per 100 posessions. this rating was developed by dean oliver, author of basketball on paper. i will point you to dean's book for complete details. fg% four factors opponent per 36 minutes a statistic (e.g., assists) divided by minutes played, multiplied by 36. roy steal percentage (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba); the formula is 100 * (stl * (tm mp / 5)) / (mp * opp poss). steal percentage is an estimate of the percentage of opponent possessions that end with a steal by the player while he was on the floor. team tov trb% w w-l% year.

3p 3p% ast assists the formula is (award points) / (maximum number of award points). for example, in the 2002-03 mvp voting tim duncan had 962 points out of a possible 1190. his mvp award share is 962 / 1190 = 0.81. dpoy defensive rebound percentage (available since the 1970-71 season in the nba); the formula is 100 * (drb * (tm mp / 5)) / (mp * (tm drb + opp orb)). defensive rebound percentage is an estimate of the percentage of available defensive rebounds a player grabbed while he was on the floor. drtg efg% fga field goal attempts (includes both 2-point field goal attempts and 3-point field goal attempts) ft free throws free throw percentage; the formula is ft / fta. minutes played (available since the 1951-52 season) orb% pace factor (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba); the formula is 48 * ((tm poss + opp poss) / (2 * (tm mp / 5))). pace factor is an estimate of the number of possessions per 48 minutes by a team. (note: 40 minutes is used in the calculation for the wnba.) per 36 minutes rookie of the year srs stl tm team tov turnovers (available since the 1977-78 season in the nba) total rebounds (available since the 1950-51 season) true shooting percentage; the formula is pts / (2 * tsa). true shooting percentage is a measure of shooting efficiency that takes into account field goals, 3-point field goals, and free throws. w year.

2p 2-point field goals 2p% 2pa block percentage (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba); the formula is 100 * (blk * (tm mp / 5)) / (mp * (opp fga - opp 3pa)). block percentage is an estimate of the percentage of opponent two-point field goal attempts blocked by the player while he was on the floor. drb defensive rebounds (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba) defensive win shares; please see the article calculating win shares for more information. fg fg% fga field goal attempts (includes both 2-point field goal attempts and 3-point field goal attempts) ft% games behind; the formula is ((first w - w) + (l - first l)) / 2, where first w and first l stand for wins and losses by the first place team, respectively. game score; the formula is pts + 0.4 * fg - 0.7 * fga - 0.4*(fta - ft) + 0.7 * orb + 0.3 * drb + stl + 0.7 * ast + 0.7 * blk - 0.4 * pf - tov. game score was created by john hollinger to give a rough measure of a player's productivity for a single game. the scale is similar to that of points scored, (40 is an outstanding performance, 10 is an average performance, etc.). gs lg league most valuable player opp pf srs stl stl% turnovers (available since the 1977-78 season in the nba) total rebounds (available since the 1950-51 season) ts% true shooting attempts; the formula is fga + 0.44 * fta. w w-l%.