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Word Lists: Basketball Terms

2p% 3-point field goals (available since the 1979-80 season in the nba) 3-point field goal attempts (available since the 1979-80 season in the nba) fg field goal attempts (includes both 2-point field goal attempts and 3-point field goal attempts) dean oliver's "four factors of basketball success"; please see the article four factors for more information. games started (available since the 1982 season) opp offensive rebound percentage (available since the 1970-71 season in the nba); the formula is 100 * (orb * (tm mp / 5)) / (mp * (tm orb + opp drb)). offensive rebound percentage is an estimate of the percentage of available offensive rebounds a player grabbed while he was on the floor. offensive win shares; please see the article calculating win shares for more information. pace per personal fouls smoy sixth man of the year stops; dean oliver's measure of individual defensive stops. please see dean's book for details. tov total rebounds (available since the 1950-51 season) total rebound percentage (available since the 1970-71 season in the nba); the formula is 100 * (trb * (tm mp / 5)) / (mp * (tm trb + opp trb)). total rebound percentage is an estimate of the percentage of available rebounds a player grabbed while he was on the floor. wins the estimated probability that team a will defeat team b in a given matchup..

2-point field goal attempts blocks (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba) drb% efg% fg% field goal percentage; the formula is fg / fga. dean oliver's "four factors of basketball success"; please see the article four factors for more information. gmsc games started (available since the 1982 season) losses l pyth mov offensive rebound percentage (available since the 1970-71 season in the nba); the formula is 100 * (orb * (tm mp / 5)) / (mp * (tm orb + opp drb)). offensive rebound percentage is an estimate of the percentage of available offensive rebounds a player grabbed while he was on the floor. ows offensive win shares; please see the article calculating win shares for more information. 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 per game pts points tov total rebounds (available since the 1950-51 season) w wins over .500; the formula is (w - l) / 2..

2p% 2-point field goal attempts blocks (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba) drb% 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. field goals (includes both 2-point field goals and 3-point field goals) fga ft dean oliver's "four factors of basketball success"; please see the article four factors for more information. g gs pythagorean losses; the formula is g - w pyth. lg offensive rebound percentage (available since the 1970-71 season in the nba); the formula is 100 * (orb * (tm mp / 5)) / (mp * (tm orb + opp drb)). offensive rebound percentage is an estimate of the percentage of available offensive rebounds a player grabbed while he was on the floor. player efficiency rating (available since the 1951-52 season); per is a rating developed by espn.com columnist john hollinger. in john's words, "the per sums up all a player's positive accomplishments, subtracts the negative accomplishments, and returns a per-minute rating of a player's performance." please see the article calculating per for more information. also see vaa and var. a statistic (e.g., assists) divided by minutes played, multiplied by 36. a statistic (e.g., assists) divided by games. smoy stl stl% 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. total rebounds (available since the 1950-51 season) w-l% win probability.
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