Basketball Terms Ipsum

2-point field goal percentage; the formula is 2p / 2pa. 3-point field goal percentage (available since the 1979-80 season in the nba); the formula is 3p / 3pa. ast assists ast% assist percentage (available since the 1964-65 season in the nba); the formula is 100 * ast / (((mp / (tm mp / 5)) * tm fg) - fg). assist percentage is an estimate of the percentage of teammate field goals a player assisted while he was on on the floor. blk% dpoy 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%). fga free throws four factors orb offensive rebounds (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba) 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 points produced; dean oliver's measure of offensive points produced. please see dean's book for details. pts trb w-l% ws/48.

3p% age age; player age on february 1 of the given season. ast% blk% defensive rebounds (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba) drb% drtg field goal percentage; the formula is fg / fga. fta g gs pythagorean losses; the formula is g - w pyth. mvp pace srs stops; dean oliver's measure of individual defensive stops. please see dean's book for details. tov trb trb% 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. usg% 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.) w-l% win shares; an estimate of the number of wins contributed by a player. please see the article calculating win shares for more information. 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..

Defensive player of the year ft orb% per 36 minutes a statistic (e.g., assists) divided by minutes played, multiplied by 36. tm turnovers (available since the 1977-78 season in the nba) ts% won-lost percentage; the formula is w / (w + l)..