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Word Lists: Basketball Terms
Assists league per game stl% team 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. win shares; an estimate of the number of wins contributed by a player. please see the article calculating win shares for more information..
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. dws fga losses pythagorean losses; the formula is g - w pyth. 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. a statistic (e.g., assists) divided by minutes played, multiplied by 36. pprod 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. tm turnovers (available since the 1977-78 season in the nba) ts% w w > .500 won-lost percentage; the formula is w / (w + l). ws ws/48.
2p% 3p% 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. fg% field goal percentage; the formula is fg / fga. fta g 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. gs lg mvp margin of victory; the formula is pts - opp pts. offensive rating (available since the 1977-78 season in the nba); for players it is points produced per 100 posessions, while for teams it is points scored per 100 possessions. this rating was developed by dean oliver, author of basketball on paper. i will point you to dean's book for complete details. offensive rebounds (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba) 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.) per 36 minutes personal fouls points produced; dean oliver's measure of offensive points produced. please see dean's book for details. points rookie of the year srs tm team tov% 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 won-lost percentage; the formula is w / (w + l). ws/48 the estimated probability that team a will defeat team b in a given matchup..
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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. dws fga losses pythagorean losses; the formula is g - w pyth. 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. a statistic (e.g., assists) divided by minutes played, multiplied by 36. pprod 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. tm turnovers (available since the 1977-78 season in the nba) ts% w w > .500 won-lost percentage; the formula is w / (w + l). ws ws/48.
2p% 3p% 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. fg% field goal percentage; the formula is fg / fga. fta g 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. gs lg mvp margin of victory; the formula is pts - opp pts. offensive rating (available since the 1977-78 season in the nba); for players it is points produced per 100 posessions, while for teams it is points scored per 100 possessions. this rating was developed by dean oliver, author of basketball on paper. i will point you to dean's book for complete details. offensive rebounds (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba) 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.) per 36 minutes personal fouls points produced; dean oliver's measure of offensive points produced. please see dean's book for details. points rookie of the year srs tm team tov% 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 won-lost percentage; the formula is w / (w + l). ws/48 the estimated probability that team a will defeat team b in a given matchup..