Basketball Terms Ipsum

2pa blk% 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. free throw percentage; the formula is ft / fta. fta gmsc 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.). l pythagorean losses; the formula is g - w pyth. mvp mov opp opponent points produced; dean oliver's measure of offensive points produced. please see dean's book for details. roy sixth man of the year srs 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. w-l%.

2pa 2-point field goal attempts 3-point field goal attempts (available since the 1979-80 season in the nba) award share drb defensive rebounds (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba) effective field goal percentage; the formula is (fg + 0.5 * 3p) / fga. this statistic adjusts for the fact that a 3-point field goal is worth one more point than a 2-point field goal. for example, suppose player a goes 4 for 10 with 2 threes, while player b goes 5 for 10 with 0 threes. each player would have 10 points from field goals, and thus would have the same effective field goal percentage (50%). ft% games started (available since the 1982 season) ortg 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. offensive rebounds (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba) per game smoy sixth man of the year stl steals (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba) stops 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. ts% true shooting attempts; the formula is fga + 0.44 * fta. w > .500 w pyth win shares; an estimate of the number of wins contributed by a player. please see the article calculating win shares for more information..

2-point field goals 3-point field goal attempts (available since the 1979-80 season in the nba) blocks (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba) free throw percentage; the formula is ft / fta. league trb% w-l% won-lost percentage; the formula is w / (w + l). the estimated probability that team a will defeat team b in a given matchup..