The Game Box Score in Basketball: Linking Statistics to Game Outcomes

Leonard C. MacLean and William T. Ziemba

Chapter 6 in Sports Analytics, 2022, pp 61-75 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: In this chapter we use game box scores to evaluate the actual contribution to team success of specific players. Those who contribute the most are not necessarily the best offensive players. Defensive players like the famous Bill Russell who won 11 championships in 13 years with the Boston Celtics, can have greater impact than offensive giants like Wilt Chamberlin who won only two. Using data from the 1989–1990 NBA season, Dennis Rodman, Bill Lambier, A. C. Green and Vlade Divac standout above the legendary great player Magic Johnson.

Keywords: Sports Analytics; Statistical Analysis of Sports Decisions; NFL Football; Thoroughbred Racing; Basketball; Baseball; Hockey; Jai Alai; Optimal Betting Strategies; Mean Reversion Risk; Arbitrage; Decision Strategies by Coaches (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C1 L83 Z2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/pdf/10.1142/9789811250217_0006 (application/pdf)
https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/abs/10.1142/9789811250217_0006 (text/html)
Ebook Access is available upon purchase.

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:wsi:wschap:9789811250217_0006

Ordering information: This item can be ordered from

Access Statistics for this chapter

More chapters in World Scientific Book Chapters from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Tai Tone Lim ().