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Word Lists: Basketball Terms
3-point field goals (available since the 1979-80 season in the nba) fg field goal percentage; the formula is fg / fga. pprod usg%. 2p% ast defensive rebounds (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba) fg% fga free throw percentage; the formula is ft / fta. pace per poss stops ts% true shooting attempts; the formula is fga + 0.44 * fta. win shares; an estimate of the number of wins contributed by a player. please see the article calculating win shares for more information. ws/48.
2p 2-point field goal attempts 3p% age 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. free throws gmsc l pyth lg minutes played (available since the 1951-52 season) opp 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 36 minutes personal fouls possessions (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba); the formula for teams is 0.5 * ((tm fga + 0.4 * tm fta - 1.07 * (tm orb / (tm orb + opp drb)) * (tm fga - tm fg) + tm tov) + (opp fga + 0.4 * opp fta - 1.07 * (opp orb / (opp orb + tm drb)) * (opp fga - opp fg) + opp tov)). this formula estimates possessions based on both the team's statistics and their opponent's statistics, then averages them to provide a more stable estimate. the formula for players is rather lengthy and can be found in dean oliver's book. roy sos tov% trb% ts% tsa true shooting attempts; the formula is fga + 0.44 * fta. ws the estimated probability that team a will defeat team b in a given matchup..
. Ast award share defensive player of the year free throws four factors dean oliver's "four factors of basketball success"; please see the article four factors for more information. games behind; the formula is ((first w - w) + (l - first l)) / 2, where first w and first l stand for wins and losses by the first place team, respectively. most valuable player 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.) 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..
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2p 2-point field goal attempts 3p% age 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. free throws gmsc l pyth lg minutes played (available since the 1951-52 season) opp 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 36 minutes personal fouls possessions (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba); the formula for teams is 0.5 * ((tm fga + 0.4 * tm fta - 1.07 * (tm orb / (tm orb + opp drb)) * (tm fga - tm fg) + tm tov) + (opp fga + 0.4 * opp fta - 1.07 * (opp orb / (opp orb + tm drb)) * (opp fga - opp fg) + opp tov)). this formula estimates possessions based on both the team's statistics and their opponent's statistics, then averages them to provide a more stable estimate. the formula for players is rather lengthy and can be found in dean oliver's book. roy sos tov% trb% ts% tsa true shooting attempts; the formula is fga + 0.44 * fta. ws the estimated probability that team a will defeat team b in a given matchup..
. Ast award share defensive player of the year free throws four factors dean oliver's "four factors of basketball success"; please see the article four factors for more information. games behind; the formula is ((first w - w) + (l - first l)) / 2, where first w and first l stand for wins and losses by the first place team, respectively. most valuable player 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.) 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..