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Basketball-Reference.com, which features a complex similarity-score system for NBA players; Football Outsiders; Baseball Prospectus, which uses similarity scores in PECOTA that are calculated in a way that differs significantly from James' method. Ken Pomeroy of Basketball Prospectus who uses similarity scores for college basketball players.
Damian Lillard led the Portland Trail Blazers to the first play-in tournament victory in NBA history. [27] The NBA introduced a play-in tournament in the 2019–20 NBA season to compensate for the suspension of the regular season and a difference in the number of games played between teams, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Arbitrage betting involves relatively large sums of money, given that 98% of arbitrage opportunities return less than 1.2%. [2] The practice is sometimes detected by bookmakers, who often hold an unfavorable view of it, [3] and in the past this could result in half of an arbitrage bet being canceled, or in extreme cases, even the closure of the bettor's account.
Averages per game are denoted by *PG, e.g. PPG (points), BLKPG or BPG (blocks), STPG or SPG (steals), APG (assists), RPG (rebounds) and MPG (minutes).Sometime the players statistics are divided by minutes played and multiplied by 48 minutes (had he played the entire game), denoted by * per 48 min. or *48M.
Best combined regular and postseason record in NBA history (87–13, .870) [3] Second most wins in NBA history (72) Most wins by a championship-winning team; Best 3-loss start in NBA history (41–3, .932) Second most road wins in NBA history (33) Started 37–0 at home, part of 44 game home winning streak; Winning streaks of 18 and 13 games
Just 76 games into his NBA career, the 7-foot-2 Wembayama is reaching unique statistical achievements. ... NBA 5x5 games in history. ... The USA TODAY app gets you to the heart of the news — fast.
Parlay bets are paid out at odds higher than the typical single game bet, but still below the "true" odds. For instance, a common two-team NFL parlay based entirely on the spread generally has a payout of 2.64:1. In reality, however, if one assumes that each single game bet is 50/50, the true payout should instead be 3:1.
Advanced statistics (also known as analytics or APBRmetrics) in basketball refers to the analysis of basketball statistics using objective evidence. [1] APBRmetrics takes its name from the acronym APBR, which stands for the Association for Professional Basketball Research.