Basketball Terms Ipsum

2p% 2pa 3p 3-point field goal attempts (available since the 1979-80 season in the nba) drb field goal percentage; the formula is fg / fga. field goal attempts (includes both 2-point field goal attempts and 3-point field goal attempts) ft% fta mvp opponent offensive rebounds (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba) orb% per per 36 minutes smoy sos stl% turnovers (available since the 1977-78 season in the nba) 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. usg% 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. w > .500.

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. ts% w.

Blocks (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba) team wins. Field goals (includes both 2-point field goals and 3-point field goals) turnovers (available since the 1977-78 season in the nba) tsa.