Watching Europe and South America 69 leagues
Founded 1957 in Zaragoza
Pabellón del Ebro, holding 10 500
The four factors
The four things that decide a basketball game, after Dean Oliver: shooting (effective field goal %, which counts a three as one and a half), turnovers (the share of trips thrown away), rebounds (the share of own misses won back) and free throws (tries per shot). The bars show each club against the other, and the club page shows it against the league.
They add up to the margin: the report's three cards are the factors that moved the score most, in points.
Work on the factor the card calls costly: ball handlers and the tempo for turnovers, bigs for rebounds, drivers for the line.
Cierzo Zaragoza attempt 25.3 free throws per 100 shots. The league attempts 31.4, so 18th of 18.
| Cierzo Zaragoza: 270 tries ÷ 1 067 shots | 25.3 % |
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| League mean, 18 clubs | 31.4 % |
| Rank, 18 clubs | 18th of 18 |
Cierzo Zaragoza score 113.0 points for every 100 trips. The league scores 114.4. That is 14th of 18.
| 100 × 1 400 points ÷ 1 239 possessions | 113.0 |
|---|---|
| League mean, 18 clubs | 114.4 |
| Rank, 18 clubs | 14th of 18 |
Cierzo Zaragoza give it away on 18.4 % of trips against the league's 19.1 %. Fewer is better: 5th of 18.
| Cierzo Zaragoza: 228 ÷ 1 239 possessions | 18.4 % |
|---|---|
| League mean, 18 clubs | 19.1 % |
| Rank, 18 clubs | 5th of 18 |
#27 · SF
| 48 made of 85, 14 of them threes | 48/85 |
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| Points: 2 × 48 + 14 | 110 |
| His shots are worth (expected) | 95.3 |
| Above expected | 110 − 95.3 = +14.7 adds up |
| Cierzo Zaragoza: (520 + ½ × 162) ÷ 1 067 | 56.3 % |
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| League mean, 18 clubs | 56.2 % |
| Rank, 18 clubs | 10th of 18 |
| Cierzo Zaragoza: 228 ÷ 1 239 possessions | 18.4 % |
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| League mean, 18 clubs | 19.1 % |
| Rank, 18 clubs | 5th of 18 |
| Cierzo Zaragoza: 146 ÷ (146 + 382) | 27.7 % |
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| League mean, 18 clubs | 27.6 % |
| Rank, 18 clubs | 8th of 18 |
| Cierzo Zaragoza: 270 tries ÷ 1 067 shots | 25.3 % |
|---|---|
| League mean, 18 clubs | 31.4 % |
| Rank, 18 clubs | 18th of 18 |
Shot-making
Points scored from the floor minus the points those shots are worth. Above zero is shooting better than the league does from the same shots, below zero is worse. Free throws are not shots and are not in it.
Over a night it is mostly luck, and the page calls it that: a few points either way is as expected. Over a season it settles, and a man far from zero is either a real finisher or a man whose luck will turn.
Rest or sharpen the man if it is persistently below zero; do not rebuild the attack on one hot night.
Over 7 games Cierzo Zaragoza's shots were worth 498.7 points and they scored 484 from the floor: 2.1 a game worse than the league would do from the same shots.
| Points: 2 × 211 + 62 | 484 |
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| Expected points, the squad's shots added up | 498.7 |
| Shot-making | −14.7 |
| A game | −2.10 |
Expected points are measured against league rates through round 16.
| Kind of shot | Shots | Worth | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid-range · Drive43 % of 209 league shots | 12 | 0.86 | 10.3 |
| Mid-range · Drive · second chanceonly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 38 % of 341 | 2 | 0.77 | 1.5 |
| Mid-range · Drive · fast breakonly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 38 % of 341 | 5 | 0.77 | 3.8 |
| Mid-range · Post-uponly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 41 % of 237 | 6 | 0.82 | 4.9 |
| Mid-range · Post-up · second chanceonly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 41 % of 237 | 3 | 0.82 | 2.5 |
| Mid-range · Post-up · fast breakonly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 41 % of 237 | 2 | 0.82 | 1.6 |
| Mid-range · Catch and shoot42 % of 203 league shots | 12 | 0.84 | 10.0 |
| Mid-range · Catch and shoot · second chanceonly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 44 % of 272 | 2 | 0.89 | 1.8 |
| Mid-range · Catch and shoot · fast breakonly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 44 % of 272 | 3 | 0.89 | 2.7 |
| Mid-range · Catch and shoot · fast break · second chanceonly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 44 % of 272 | 1 | 0.89 | 0.9 |
| Mid-range · Pull-up42 % of 523 league shots | 34 | 0.84 | 28.5 |
| Mid-range · Pull-up · second chanceonly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 40 % of 725 | 5 | 0.81 | 4.0 |
| Mid-range · Pull-up · fast breakonly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 40 % of 725 | 7 | 0.81 | 5.7 |
| Mid-range · Pull-up · fast break · second chanceonly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 40 % of 725 | 2 | 0.81 | 1.6 |
| Rim · Drive64 % of 1 211 league shots | 69 | 1.27 | 87.9 |
| Rim · Drive · second chanceonly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 64 % of 1 919 | 9 | 1.29 | 11.6 |
| Rim · Drive · fast break68 % of 454 league shots | 23 | 1.37 | 31.4 |
| Rim · Drive · fast break · second chanceonly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 64 % of 1 919 | 2 | 1.29 | 2.6 |
| Rim · Post-up64 % of 316 league shots | 18 | 1.27 | 22.9 |
| Rim · Post-up · second chanceonly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 65 % of 401 | 4 | 1.30 | 5.2 |
| Rim · Catch and shoot59 % of 343 league shots | 26 | 1.19 | 30.9 |
| Rim · Catch and shoot · second chanceonly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 61 % of 531 | 2 | 1.22 | 2.4 |
| Rim · Catch and shoot · fast breakonly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 61 % of 531 | 6 | 1.22 | 7.3 |
| Rim · Catch and shoot · fast break · second chanceonly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 61 % of 531 | 4 | 1.22 | 4.9 |
| Rim · Pull-uponly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 67 % of 230 | 9 | 1.35 | 12.1 |
| Rim · Pull-up · second chanceonly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 67 % of 230 | 1 | 1.35 | 1.3 |
| Rim · Pull-up · fast breakonly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 67 % of 230 | 4 | 1.35 | 5.4 |
| Rim · Pull-up · fast break · second chanceonly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 67 % of 230 | 1 | 1.35 | 1.3 |
| Three · Driveonly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 40 % of 236 | 6 | 1.19 | 7.2 |
| Three · Drive · fast breakonly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 40 % of 236 | 1 | 1.19 | 1.2 |
| Three · Drive · fast break · second chanceonly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 40 % of 236 | 2 | 1.19 | 2.4 |
| Three · Post-up · fast breakonly a few league shots like it, so the zone's rate: 37 % of 3 252 | 1 | 1.10 | 1.1 |
| Three · Catch and shoot37 % of 1 711 league shots | 100 | 1.10 | 110.3 |
| Three · Catch and shoot · second chance35 % of 296 league shots | 19 | 1.06 | 20.2 |
| Three · Catch and shoot · fast break35 % of 345 league shots | 17 | 1.05 | 17.9 |
| Three · Catch and shoot · fast break · second chanceonly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 36 % of 2 395 | 1 | 1.09 | 1.1 |
| Three · Pull-up38 % of 443 league shots | 21 | 1.13 | 23.8 |
| Three · Pull-up · second chanceonly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 36 % of 605 | 4 | 1.08 | 4.3 |
| Three · Pull-up · fast breakonly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 36 % of 605 | 2 | 1.08 | 2.2 |
| Total adds up | 448 | 1.11 | 498.7 |
Shot quality is counted from the 7 games whose streams are stored, of 16 played.
Dots are games, the line is the five-game mean, the dashed line is the league. All 16 games are counted.
| Cierzo Zaragoza: drives + post-ups + catch and shoot + pull-ups | 131 drives + 34 post-ups + 193 catch and shoot + 90 pull-ups = 448 |
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Expected points
The points the league gets from shots like this one this season: the zone, the play, whether it came on the break and whether it came on a second chance. It does not know who was guarding or how far out he stood, because the game records neither. A club's expected points are the sum over its shots, and every figure opens to the kinds of shot it is made of.
It is a measure, not a rule: nothing in a match depends on it. It tells shot selection (how good the shots were) apart from shot-making (what the men did with them), so a bad night reads as bad luck or bad shots rather than just a bad night.
Take more of the shots the league scores most from, the rim and the open three, and fewer long pull-ups; the tactics page moves shots between them.
A man is listed from 50 shots.
