Basketball Terms Ipsum

2pa 3p 3-point field goals (available since the 1979-80 season in the nba) ast field goals (includes both 2-point field goals and 3-point field goals) free throw attempts 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. games started (available since the 1982 season) league opp 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. pace points produced; dean oliver's measure of offensive points produced. please see dean's book for details. simple rating system; a rating that takes into account average point differential and 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. total rebounds (available since the 1950-51 season) w > .500 won-lost percentage; the formula is w / (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. ws/48.

3-point field goal attempts (available since the 1979-80 season in the nba) 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. field goal percentage; the formula is fg / fga. ft% gb mp 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.) personal fouls 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.) won-lost percentage; the formula is w / (w + l). win probability.

2-point field goals 3p 3-point field goals (available since the 1979-80 season in the nba) assists blk defensive rebounds (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba) fg% fga g games started (available since the 1982 season) losses l pyth lg team w w-l% 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. win probability.