my-nba-game-analysis

To run this program, print "python my_nba_game_analysis.py" in terminal.

Glossary:

FG - Field Goal

FGA - Field Goals Attempted - The number of field goals that a player or team has attempted. This includes both 2 pointers and 3 pointers

FG% - Field Goal Percentage - The percentage of field goal attempts that a player makes. Formula : (FGM)/(FGA)

FGM - Field Goals Made - The number of field goals that a player or team has made. This includes both 2 pointers and 3 pointers

3P - 3 Point Field Goal

3PA - 3 Point Field Goals Attempted - The number of 3 point field goals that a player or team has attempted

3P% - Percent of Team's 3 Point Field Goals Made - The percentage of a team's 3 point field goals that a player has made while on the court

FT - Free Throw - free throw attempts that a player or team has made

FTA - Free Throws Attempted - The number of free throws that a player or team has attempted

FT% - Free Throw Percentage - The percentage of free throw attempts that a player or team has made

ORB - Offensive Rebounds

DRB - Defensive Rebounds

TRB - Total Rebounds

AST - Assists. An assist is a pass that directly leads to a basket.

STL - Steals

BLK - Blocks

TOV - Turnovers

PF - Personal Fouls

PTS - Points

Jump shot definition is - a shot in basketball made by jumping into the air and releasing the ball with one or both hands at the peak of the jump.

A defensive rebound occurs in basketball when a defensive player gains possession of the basketball after an offensive player misses a field goal or free throw attempt.

Points can be accumulated by making field goals (two or three points) or free throws (one point). Points (PTS) = FG + FT FG = 2 or 3 points FT = 1 point

A layup in basketball is a two-point shot attempt made by leaping from below, laying the ball up near the basket, and using one hand to bounce it off the backboard and into the basket.

A defensive rebound occurs in basketball when a defensive player gains possession of the basketball after an offensive player misses a field goal or free throw attempt.

TRB = ORB+DRB