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Word Lists: Basketball Terms

Field goal attempts (includes both 2-point field goal attempts and 3-point field goal attempts) pf turnovers (available since the 1977-78 season in the nba).

2-point field goals 2pa 3p% 3-point field goal attempts (available since the 1979-80 season in the nba) award share drb defensive win shares; please see the article calculating win shares for more information. games started (available since the 1982 season) losses ortg 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. per game points produced; dean oliver's measure of offensive points produced. please see dean's book for details. pts points roy stl turnovers (available since the 1977-78 season in the nba) 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. trb 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 w-l%.

2p blk 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. fta lg mov opponent 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. pf points srs w the estimated probability that team a will defeat team b in a given matchup. year.
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