basketball

Uniform flair on the rise in NBA basketball games

Infographics / basketball, Pudding, uniform

In NBA basketball, the home team used to almost always wear a white…
Satellite imagery of all the outdoor basketball courts

Maps / basketball, Matt Daniels, OpenStreetMap, Pudding, satellite imagery

For The Pudding, Matthew Daniels extracted all the outdoor basketball courts in the…
Basketball globe

Maps / Andy Woodruff, basketball, Kirk Goldsberry, world

Kirk Goldsberry, with help from Andy Woodruff, combined two joys — basketball and…
Best NBA players in the Olympics, by country since the 1992 Dream Team

Infographics / basketball, Olympics, Sportradar

In 1992, when the Dream Team dominated basketball in the Olympics, the best…
Mapping NBA basketball shots

Maps / Alasdair Rae, basketball, QGIS

Alasdair Rae outlines the basics of visualizing basketball shot data with QGIS, an…
Interactive LED basketball court

Infographics / basketball, display

During the 2024 NBA All-Star weekend, the basketball court was essentially a giant…
Rise of Caitlin Clark, scoring machine

Statistical Visualization / basketball, Caitlin Clark, Washington Post

Caitlin Clark, a basketball guard for the University of Iowa, has been steadily…
Collection of NBA basketball data sources and apps

Data Sources / basketball, Sravan Pannala

If you’re into basketball data, Sravan Pannala is keeping a running list of…
When Mike Breen announces “Bang!”

Data Sources / bang, basketball, Mike Breen

Mike Breen is a well-known NBA basketball announcer. When a player hits a…
Astericking NBA champions

Statistics / basketball, Pudding, Russell Samora

It seems to have grown more common for basketball fans to complain that…
Non-abstract Curry shot chart

Infographics / basketball, shot chart, Stephen Curry, Todd Whitehead

Stephen Curry of the Golden State Warriors scored 50 points in game 7…
NBA will track players with a third dimension

Statistics / basketball, ESPN, NBA, tracking

The NBA currently uses player-tracking that estimates player position on the court in…
Greatest unexpected NBA performance

Infographics / basketball, Pudding

This is a fun one from Russell Samora and Reshad Malekzai for The…
LeBron James’ longevity

Statistical Visualization / basketball, LeBron James, Washington Post

Okay, one more LeBron James thing, mostly because I like seeing different looks…
Cumulative points scored by LeBron James and other top scorers

Statistical Visualization / basketball, LeBron James, New York Times

Never fear, Sopan Deb, K.K. Rebecca Lai, and Eve Washington, for The New…
All of LeBron James’ career points, animated by season

Maps / basketball, Kirk Goldsberry, LeBron James, Vanna Bushong

All The King’s Buckets. pic.twitter.com/lzIultYSee
— Kirk Goldsberry (@kirkgoldsberry) February 8, 2023

LeBron…
Cumulative 3-pointers for the Splash Brothers

Statistical Visualization / basketball, Upshot, Warriors

Tonight is game six of the NBA Finals. If the Golden State Warriors…
Redrafting the NBA, based on past player performance

Statistical Visualization / basketball, draft, Pudding

With the NBA playoffs underway, it can be fun to watch the best…
Stephen Curry career threes compared to other players

Statistical Visualization / basketball, record, Stephen Curry, Washington Post

Stephen Curry is about to break the record for number of three-pointers made…
How the 3-point line changed basketball

Infographics / basketball, Vox

Vox shows how the 3-point line is “breaking” the game.
The basic math…

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