Basketball Terms Ipsum

2p 3pa age assists award share blk blk% 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. defensive rebounds (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba) drb% dws 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%). free throw attempts 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.). games started (available since the 1982 season) l pythagorean losses; the formula is g - w pyth. lg ortg orb% pts roy rookie of the year 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. turnovers (available since the 1977-78 season in the nba) true shooting attempts; the formula is fga + 0.44 * fta. usg% the estimated probability that team a will defeat team b in a given matchup..

Ast 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. field goals (includes both 2-point field goals and 3-point field goals) fga field goal attempts (includes both 2-point field goal attempts and 3-point field goal attempts) gb mvp orb 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. pts usg% win shares; an estimate of the number of wins contributed by a player. please see the article calculating win shares for more information..

Tov% trb%. 2p drb ft dean oliver's "four factors of basketball success"; please see the article four factors for more information. opp pprod 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..