basketball

Based on data from the NBA stats API and using the visual layout…

Adam Pearce charted minute-by-minute point differentials for NBA games during the 2014-15 season.…

Predictions for how NBA players will contribute to their teams, based on their own performance and history.

There’s no direct download, but there is an API.

Which NBA basketball team is the greatest ever? Instead of a circular debate…

Unlike traditional bracket-picking, the Upshot’s bracket game has a twist. You still want…

March Madness starts this week in the states, which means it’s time for…

Michael Beuoy made a win probability model for NBA teams and games, based…

Sports loves conditional distributions. What does Joe Billy Bob typically do against such…

TNT described NBA player Anthony Davis’ growth and accompanied the discussion with a…

Todd Lindeman and Lazaro Gamio for the Washington Post explored shooting patterns for…

Kirk Goldsberry, with help from Andy Woodruff, looked at how rebounds work in…

After the popularity of The Upshot’s baseball fandom map, it’s no surprise the…

With player tracking installed in all of the NBA arenas, the sports analytics…

The NBA has been kind of gaga over data the past few years,…

Kirk Goldsberry talks the rise of analytics usage in the NBA. With cameras…

With the start of the NBA playoffs tomorrow, it’s worth coming back to…

Along the same lines as their NFL fan maps, Facebook had a closer…

Math professor Jeff Bergen explains the odds of picking a perfect bracket.…

By now, everyone’s heard of Moneyball. Applying statistics to baseball to build the…