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 »Distribution of Point Margins: Winning at Home vs. Away
This is my third post about point margins. At the risk of boring my readers with the same, seemingly mundane topic, I decided to write about it because I believe understanding point margins is of vital importance to formulating…
Read More »A Reshaped, Modern Playoff Format with Fresh Drama
Why should we do this anyways? The old format works fine. Now hear me out. I’m not saying the current playoff formatting is broken. I think it’s pretty optimal for scheduling purposes, but it’s just that. There are…
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 »Point Margins Distribution: Regular Season vs. Playoffs
Yesterday, I started participating in a point spread betting competition with a few project collaborators for fun. Trying to be methodical, I wanted to get as much information as possible about each matchup and about the games themselves instead…
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 »Using All-Star games to predict which conference will take the Championship title
For some readers, this post may no longer be relevant due to the fact that, since the 2017-18 season, the All-Star games will no longer feature East versus West matchups. Instead, in the new format, two captains create their…
Read More »Riddle #1: What is the relationship between Average Team Possessions and Average Team Field Goal Percentage?
This is a riddle/challenge that I’m posting for the readers. I cannot figure this out on my own and I’m requesting your help. I plotted these three charts when I was analyzing some basketball trends over the years:…
Read More »Are Teams Shooting More 3-Point Shots than Before?
Stephen Curry’s all-time record of 402 3-point shots made in the 2015-16 season was simply amazing. At the time of this writing, Curry holds the record for having made the most number of 3-point shots in a single…
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