Basketball Terms Ipsum

Defensive rating (available since the 1977-78 season in the nba); for players and teams it is points allowed per 100 posessions. this rating was developed by dean oliver, author of basketball on paper. i will point you to dean's book for complete details. ft gs 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) tov% wins over .500; the formula is (w - l) / 2..

Drb% g stl the estimated probability that team a will defeat team b in a given matchup.. . 2p% 3-point field goals (available since the 1979-80 season in the nba) 3pa age ast% 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. blk% dpoy drb% drtg free throw percentage; the formula is ft / fta. g games league mp margin of victory; the formula is pts - opp pts. opp orb% per poss points rookie of the year sos trb% ts% true shooting attempts; the formula is fga + 0.44 * fta. 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. ws/48.

2-point field goals 3p 3-point field goals (available since the 1979-80 season in the nba) 3p% defensive rebounds (available since the 1973-74 season in the nba) drtg defensive win shares; please see the article calculating win shares for more information. field goal attempts (includes both 2-point field goal attempts and 3-point field goal attempts) four factors games 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. most valuable player margin of victory; the formula is pts - opp pts. 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 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.) pf poss rookie of the year sos tm 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 total rebounds (available since the 1950-51 season) trb% 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.) w-l% ws the estimated probability that team a will defeat team b in a given matchup..