http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/2009/08/06/nichols-and-dime-how-do-shot-attempts-change-in-the-last-two-minutes/ Unbiased opinions from extremely biased people Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:03:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/2009/08/06/nichols-and-dime-how-do-shot-attempts-change-in-the-last-two-minutes/comment-page-1/#comment-16898 KneeJerkNBA Sun, 09 Aug 2009 16:34:48 +0000 http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/?p=3141#comment-16898 Many teams go away from their bigs in crunch time because of an inability to hit FTs. Many teams go away from their bigs in crunch time because of an inability to hit FTs.

]]> http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/2009/08/06/nichols-and-dime-how-do-shot-attempts-change-in-the-last-two-minutes/comment-page-1/#comment-16752 Jon Nichols Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:32:14 +0000 http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/?p=3141#comment-16752 It's a little complicated, but you have to split the "Entry" column into multiple columns. There are many ways to do this, but I just used a simple text editor and replaced each space in that column with a tab. Once they were all tabs, you can import the file into whatever database you like as a tab-delimited file. It’s a little complicated, but you have to split the “Entry” column into multiple columns. There are many ways to do this, but I just used a simple text editor and replaced each space in that column with a tab. Once they were all tabs, you can import the file into whatever database you like as a tab-delimited file.

]]> http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/2009/08/06/nichols-and-dime-how-do-shot-attempts-change-in-the-last-two-minutes/comment-page-1/#comment-16689 Stan Syckes Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:19:52 +0000 http://www.hardwoodparoxysm.com/?p=3141#comment-16689 How'd you manage to boil down the play by play data into specific shot types? I downloaded the playbyplay txt file and it's a lot of descriptive text assigned to each play. How’d you manage to boil down the play by play data into specific shot types? I downloaded the playbyplay txt file and it’s a lot of descriptive text assigned to each play.

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