By Kurt Bullard Steph Curry captured the Internet with his 46-point performance last Saturday, going from 12-for-16 from beyond the arc and launching a game-winner from a few feet short of half court. But somewhat hidden in...
Category - NBA Basketball
By Kurt Bullard Last night, Tony Snell of the Chicago Bulls played 8:40 of a professional basketball game without recording a single stat. He failed to take a shot, snag a rebound, dish out an assist, get to the line, steal the...
By Harrison Chase One of the newest sources of data for the NBA has been the SportVu tracking data, which tracks players 25 times each second, recording their position in x,y coordinates as well as the x,y and z coordinates of...
The Golden State Warriors won Game 5 last night to go up 3 – 2 in the series over the Cleveland Cavaliers. It has been a great Finals so far, and with so many possible stats to discuss, we decided to look at as many as...
By Harrison Chase and Nathaniel Ver Steeg In our last post, we looked at player progression in the NBA. We considered many variables, but two that we did not talk about are coaches and teams. It is reasonable to conclude that...
By Harrison Chase Coming off a fifty win season last year, the Golden State Warriors fired coach Mark Jackson and brought in unproven Steve Kerr. The results have nothing short of amazing. They have been the best team in the...
By Kurt Bullard On Sunday afternoon, LeBron James stepped up to the free-throw line down one point to the Houston Rockets with four seconds left in overtime. His first attempt clanked off the rim. The second did the same, as...
With so much craziness happening yesterday, we figured we’d give you a two-for-one special, featuring the record levels of trades and the epic tank job by the Sixers. Harrison Chase: The 2015 NBA trade deadline was the...
by Kurt Bullard It seems like there’s never a time in the NBA season without critics of the league calling to improve the fairness of the league. Last season, it was all about tanking. Several teams – such as the 76ers...
By William Ezekowitz Klay Thompson’s third quarter was stuff of video game-esque proportions, the likes of which we have never really seen in real life. The man scored 29 points in 6 minutes. In the whole third quarter he was...