Basketball Terms Ipsum

2-point field goals 3pa blocks (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba) drb% 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. defensive win shares; please see the article calculating win shares for more information. efg% fg% ft fta games 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. lg ortg opponent pace a statistic (e.g., assists) divided by games. points produced; dean oliver's measure of offensive points produced. please see dean's book for details. stops stops; dean oliver's measure of individual defensive stops. please see dean's book for details. tm w > .500 pythagorean wins; the formula is g * (tm pts14 / (tm pts14 + opp pts14)). the formula was obtained by fitting a logistic regression model with log(tm pts / opp pts) as the explanatory variable. using this formula for all baa, nba, and aba seasons, the root mean-square error (rmse) is 3.14 wins. using an exponent of 16.5 (a common choice), the rmse is 3.48 wins. (note: an exponent of 10 is used for the wnba.) ws win shares per 48 minutes (available since the 1951-52 season in the nba); an estimate of the number of wins contributed by the player per 48 minutes (league average is approximately 0.100). please see the article calculating win shares for more information. year.

3p 3-point field goal attempts (available since the 1979-80 season in the nba) four factors gs ows points produced; dean oliver's measure of offensive points produced. please see dean's book for details. rookie of the year wins.

Assists blk dws efg% dean oliver's "four factors of basketball success"; please see the article four factors for more information. games pythagorean losses; the formula is g - w pyth. most valuable player offensive rating (available since the 1977-78 season in the nba); for players it is points produced per 100 posessions, while for teams it is points scored per 100 possessions. this rating was developed by dean oliver, author of basketball on paper. i will point you to dean's book for complete details. per game pprod steals (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba) team turnover percentage (available since the 1977-78 season in the nba); the formula is 100 * tov / (fga + 0.44 * fta + tov). turnover percentage is an estimate of turnovers per 100 plays. usage percentage (available since the 1977-78 season in the nba); the formula is 100 * ((fga + 0.44 * fta + tov) * (tm mp / 5)) / (mp * (tm fga + 0.44 * tm fta + tm tov)). usage percentage is an estimate of the percentage of team plays used by a player while he was on the floor. wins won-lost percentage; the formula is w / (w + l)..