Basketball Terms Ipsum

Word Lists: Basketball Terms

2p% 2-point field goal percentage; the formula is 2p / 2pa. age assists drb% 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. fg field goal attempts (includes both 2-point field goal attempts and 3-point field goal attempts) free throws free throw attempts four factors g gb 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. league most valuable player total rebound percentage (available since the 1970-71 season in the nba); the formula is 100 * (trb * (tm mp / 5)) / (mp * (tm trb + opp trb)). total rebound percentage is an estimate of the percentage of available rebounds a player grabbed while he was on the floor. win probability.

2pa 3p% 3pa award share blk defensive rebounds (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba) field goals (includes both 2-point field goals and 3-point field goals) free throws free throw percentage; the formula is ft / fta. four factors 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. 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 pf pprod sos usg% wins over .500; the formula is (w - l) / 2..

2p% ast% 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. blocks (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba) defensive rebounds (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba) ft% fta free throw attempts l pyth mvp mov ortg per 36 minutes srs steal percentage (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba); the formula is 100 * (stl * (tm mp / 5)) / (mp * opp poss). steal percentage is an estimate of the percentage of opponent possessions that end with a steal by the player while he was on the floor. team turnovers (available since the 1977-78 season in the nba) tsa wins 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.) ws/48.
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