From John Hollinger's Pro Basketball Forecast: Therefore, these analysts favor use of points scored per 100 possessions ( offensive rating) and points allowed per 100 possessions ( defensive rating).Ī second core tenet is that per-minute statistics are more useful for evaluating players than per-game statistics. (A team can have slightly more if it begins and ends a quarter or half with possession.) However, over the course of the season, teams play at very different paces, which can dramatically color their points scored and points allowed per game. During a single game, both teams have approximately the same number of possessions, because they alternate possession.
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APBRmetrics is a cousin to the study of baseball statistics, known as sabermetrics, and similarly takes its name from the acronym APBR, which stands for the Association for Professional Basketball Research.Ī key tenet for many modern basketball analysts is that basketball is best evaluated at the level of possessions. ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Īdvanced statistics (also known as analytics or APBRmetrics) in basketball refers to analyzing basketball statistics through objective evidence.
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