Team Pace and Efficiency by Possession Type March 28, 2015 As a follow up to last week's post on offensive and defensive pace , here is a deeper dive into the offensive side of things. In that o...
ESPN's Tom Haberstroh Makes the Case for Anthony Davis as MVP March 22, 2015 At ESPN Insider, Tom Haberstroh uses win probability added to argue the case for Anthony Davis as league MVP . From a win probability pers...
Offensive versus Defensive Pace in the NBA March 22, 2015 Last night's game between the Golden State Warriors and the Utah Jazz was billed by some as a matchup between the league's best ...
Relatively speaking, the odds of a perfect bracket are pretty good this year March 18, 2015 Last year, I attempted to calculate the odds of filling out a perfect bracket in the NCAA Tournament. Using my betting market rankings , I ...
Do Teams Shoot Threes More Often When Down By Three? March 16, 2015 The nice thing about building your own NBA database is the ability to satisfy your idle curiosity as a fan (the drawback: creepi...
Clutch Shooting Isn't Easy (unless it's a free throw) March 09, 2015 Last Thursday night, the Bulls trailed the Thunder at home by 1 point with 4.9 seconds left on the clock. The Bulls' inbou...
The Trailblazers have had the most heartbreaking losses this season (on average) March 01, 2015 Choking away victory is alive in Portland I have a new NBA feature on the site: Team Season Profiles . This page aggregates win probabil...
Explaining Team Win-Loss Records March 01, 2015 A useful, sometimes ignored distinction in sports analytics is the difference between a "narrative" stat and a "predictive...