Basketball Terms Ipsum
Word Lists: Basketball Terms
2-point field goal percentage; the formula is 2p / 2pa. ast% award share dws dean oliver's "four factors of basketball success"; please see the article four factors for more information. rookie of the year tm won-lost percentage; the formula is w / (w + l)..
3p% 3-point field goal attempts (available since the 1979-80 season in the nba) 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. blocks (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba) blk% defensive rebounds (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba) defensive win shares; please see the article calculating win shares for more information. ows 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. points produced; dean oliver's measure of offensive points produced. please see dean's book for details. points sixth man of the year sos stl stl% stops; dean oliver's measure of individual defensive stops. please see dean's book for details. tm tov total rebounds (available since the 1950-51 season).
3p 3-point field goal attempts (available since the 1979-80 season in the nba) age block percentage (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba); the formula is 100 * (blk * (tm mp / 5)) / (mp * (opp fga - opp 3pa)). block percentage is an estimate of the percentage of opponent two-point field goal attempts blocked by the player while he was on the floor. drb% dws effective field goal percentage; the formula is (fg + 0.5 * 3p) / fga. this statistic adjusts for the fact that a 3-point field goal is worth one more point than a 2-point field goal. for example, suppose player a goes 4 for 10 with 2 threes, while player b goes 5 for 10 with 0 threes. each player would have 10 points from field goals, and thus would have the same effective field goal percentage (50%). fta gb gmsc gs lg offensive rebounds (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba) per game a statistic (e.g., assists) divided by games. stl% tm w > .500 w pyth 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..
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3p% 3-point field goal attempts (available since the 1979-80 season in the nba) 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. blocks (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba) blk% defensive rebounds (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba) defensive win shares; please see the article calculating win shares for more information. ows 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. points produced; dean oliver's measure of offensive points produced. please see dean's book for details. points sixth man of the year sos stl stl% stops; dean oliver's measure of individual defensive stops. please see dean's book for details. tm tov total rebounds (available since the 1950-51 season).
3p 3-point field goal attempts (available since the 1979-80 season in the nba) age block percentage (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba); the formula is 100 * (blk * (tm mp / 5)) / (mp * (opp fga - opp 3pa)). block percentage is an estimate of the percentage of opponent two-point field goal attempts blocked by the player while he was on the floor. drb% dws effective field goal percentage; the formula is (fg + 0.5 * 3p) / fga. this statistic adjusts for the fact that a 3-point field goal is worth one more point than a 2-point field goal. for example, suppose player a goes 4 for 10 with 2 threes, while player b goes 5 for 10 with 0 threes. each player would have 10 points from field goals, and thus would have the same effective field goal percentage (50%). fta gb gmsc gs lg offensive rebounds (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba) per game a statistic (e.g., assists) divided by games. stl% tm w > .500 w pyth 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..