Hoopdata Gives NBA Fans An Early Christmas Present
We’ve populated our database with all the box scores from the 2009-2010 season to date, and nightly box scores should be added to the database around 2am EST every night, which will also be the new time we update our stat database hopefully –- still might have some kinks to work out with that latter par. At this time, we have no plans to add box scores from prior to this season, but that could change if I get bored.
In addition to our advanced stats, we’ve tried to incorporate all the integral things fans are used to from the box scores offered at NBA.com and ESPN.com, while keeping the standard stuff in a format everyone is familiar with. We think we’ve worked out all the kinks over the past few days, but as always let us know if you spot any problems, and also if you think there’s something we could add or something we could display in a more user-friendly way.
Among the new things included in each box score are Four Factors, Offensive and Defensive Efficiencies, Possessions estimated, Shot Locations, Assist Locations, the usual Advanced Metrics, And1s, Plus-Minus, and pretty much everything else from our advanced database.
via Hoopdata – NBA Statistics and Analysis.
Thanks, Santa! It’s just what I wanted!
Here’s a few examples of what you can use this data to look at.
- “Wade took 11 of his 31 shots from 16-23 feet at 45.5%, second best from any range. But at the same time, it illustrates that he wasn’t attacking as much as the Heat probably need him to, an effect of the back injury that’s limiting him. “
- “Anthony Carter had a terrific game in the middle of Denver’s vomitous night, with 5 of his 7 assists going to the rim, and contributing 10.7 points on 9.3 possessions used, second best on the team behind Nene.”
- “Ramon Sessions clocked in a 39.0 Usage rate with only a 49.6% TS% and 33%AS rate. In short, he sucked loudly.”
- “The Hornets essentially split one of the four factors and won two of the others, losing only eFG%. Sometimes you don’t have to hit your shots to win. Today the Hornets needed to.”
