Basketball Terms Ipsum

Word Lists: Basketball Terms

Most valuable player offensive rebounds (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba) turnovers (available since the 1977-78 season in the nba) 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 goal percentage; the formula is 2p / 2pa. age 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. drb drb% drtg dws efg% field goals (includes both 2-point field goals and 3-point field goals) free throws gb league mvp opp orb% ows per per 36 minutes per game points roy strength of schedule; a rating of strength of schedule. the rating is denominated in points above/below average, where zero is average. my colleague doug drinen of pro-football-reference.com has written a great explanation of this method. 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. tm tov% ts% true shooting attempts; the formula is fga + 0.44 * fta. usg% win shares; an estimate of the number of wins contributed by a player. please see the article calculating win shares for more information..

Blocks (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba) defensive player of the year defensive win shares; please see the article calculating win shares for more information. fg opp a statistic (e.g., assists) divided by minutes played, multiplied by 36. a statistic (e.g., assists) divided by games. personal fouls ts% tsa ws/48 year that the season occurred. since the nba season is split over two calendar years, the year given is the last year for that season. for example, the year for the 1999-00 season would be 2000..
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