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The 3-Point Percentage Inflection Point
Well, that’s embarrassing. Modern NBA media and analytics put extreme emphasis on the 3-point shot and its efficiency over several 2-point shots. After all, 3 > 2 is indisputable. Out of all the metrics created, 3 point percentage…
Read More »Predict winning teams in the Playoffs
This post is a sequel to my last post: Using Regular Season Matchup Records to Predict Winning Teams in the Playoffs. In that post, we used regular-season matchup records to predict which team will advance to the next round…
Read More »Using regular-season matchup records to predict winning teams in the Playoffs
Question: “Can I reliably predict which team will advance to the next round of the Playoffs by leveraging teams’ regular-season matchup records?” Before entering the Playoffs, each team has opportunities play against every other team in the league (3…
Read More »Rankings that best predict NBA playoffs championship winners
The 2017-18 NBA playoffs season has begun, and I figured it might be fitting to write a post related to NBA playoffs championships. I was looking at NBA teams’ regular-season rankings yesterday, provided via NBA Stats, and I was…
Read More »The Most Important Metric that Determines a Game’s Outcome
There are many metrics that fans use to describe a basketball game: points, field goal percentage (FGP), 3-pointer field goal percentage, free throw percentage, assists, steals, blocks, turnovers, rebounds, and many, many more. My question is this: “What’s…
Read More »Does a high number of offensive rebounds indicate a great game performance?
For each basketball game, a team’s performance metrics are measured through various tallies, and one of those metrics is offensive rebounds. After a missed shot, an offensive rebound gives a team another opportunity to score against its opponent….
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