Watching Europe and South America 69 leagues
Founded 1944 in Valencia
Pabellón del Turia, holding 11 000
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.
Pólvora Valencia give it away on 20.6 % of trips against the league's 19.1 %. Fewer is better: 17th of 18.
| Pólvora Valencia: 254 ÷ 1 231 possessions | 20.6 % |
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| League mean, 18 clubs | 19.1 % |
| Rank, 18 clubs | 17th of 18 |
Pólvora Valencia win back 25.3 % of their misses. The league wins back 27.6 %. That is 15th of 18.
| Pólvora Valencia: 122 ÷ (122 + 360) | 25.3 % |
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| League mean, 18 clubs | 27.6 % |
| Rank, 18 clubs | 15th of 18 |
Pólvora Valencia shoot 57.5 % effective. The league shoots 56.2 %. That is 5th of 18.
| Pólvora Valencia: (505 + ½ × 137) ÷ 998 | 57.5 % |
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| League mean, 18 clubs | 56.2 % |
| Rank, 18 clubs | 5th of 18 |
#56 · PG
| 68 made of 106, 21 of them threes | 68/106 |
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| Points: 2 × 68 + 21 | 157 |
| His shots are worth (expected) | 119.0 |
| Above expected | 157 − 119.0 = +38.0 adds up |
| Pólvora Valencia: (505 + ½ × 137) ÷ 998 | 57.5 % |
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| League mean, 18 clubs | 56.2 % |
| Rank, 18 clubs | 5th of 18 |
| Pólvora Valencia: 254 ÷ 1 231 possessions | 20.6 % |
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| League mean, 18 clubs | 19.1 % |
| Rank, 18 clubs | 17th of 18 |
| Pólvora Valencia: 122 ÷ (122 + 360) | 25.3 % |
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| League mean, 18 clubs | 27.6 % |
| Rank, 18 clubs | 15th of 18 |
| Pólvora Valencia: 322 tries ÷ 998 shots | 32.3 % |
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| League mean, 18 clubs | 31.4 % |
| Rank, 18 clubs | 8th 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 Pólvora Valencia's shots were worth 472.9 points and they scored 515 from the floor: 6.0 a game better than the league would do from the same shots.
| Points: 2 × 223 + 69 | 515 |
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| Expected points, the squad's shots added up | 472.9 |
| Shot-making | +42.1 |
| A game | +6.02 |
Expected points are measured against league rates through round 16.
| Kind of shot | Shots | Worth | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid-range · Drive43 % of 209 league shots | 14 | 0.86 | 12.1 |
| Mid-range · Drive · second chanceonly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 38 % of 341 | 3 | 0.77 | 2.3 |
| Mid-range · Drive · fast breakonly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 38 % of 341 | 4 | 0.77 | 3.1 |
| Mid-range · Drive · fast break · 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 · Post-uponly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 41 % of 237 | 5 | 0.82 | 4.1 |
| Mid-range · Post-up · fast break · second chanceonly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 41 % of 237 | 1 | 0.82 | 0.8 |
| Mid-range · Catch and shoot42 % of 203 league shots | 12 | 0.84 | 10.1 |
| 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 · Pull-up42 % of 523 league shots | 33 | 0.84 | 27.6 |
| Mid-range · Pull-up · second chanceonly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 40 % of 725 | 3 | 0.81 | 2.4 |
| 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 |
| Rim · Drive64 % of 1 211 league shots | 77 | 1.27 | 98.0 |
| Rim · Drive · second chanceonly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 64 % of 1 919 | 5 | 1.29 | 6.4 |
| Rim · Drive · fast break68 % of 454 league shots | 26 | 1.37 | 35.5 |
| Rim · Drive · fast break · second chanceonly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 64 % of 1 919 | 4 | 1.29 | 5.1 |
| Rim · Post-up64 % of 316 league shots | 16 | 1.27 | 20.4 |
| Rim · Post-up · second chanceonly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 65 % of 401 | 1 | 1.30 | 1.3 |
| Rim · Catch and shoot59 % of 343 league shots | 13 | 1.19 | 15.5 |
| Rim · Catch and shoot · second chanceonly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 61 % of 531 | 1 | 1.22 | 1.2 |
| Rim · Catch and shoot · fast breakonly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 61 % of 531 | 8 | 1.22 | 9.7 |
| Rim · Pull-uponly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 67 % of 230 | 5 | 1.35 | 6.7 |
| 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 | 1.4 |
| Rim · Pull-up · fast breakonly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 67 % of 230 | 2 | 1.35 | 2.7 |
| Rim · Pull-up · fast break · second chanceonly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 67 % of 230 | 3 | 1.35 | 4.0 |
| Three · Driveonly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 40 % of 236 | 5 | 1.19 | 6.0 |
| Three · Drive · 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 · Catch and shoot37 % of 1 711 league shots | 91 | 1.10 | 100.4 |
| Three · Catch and shoot · second chance35 % of 296 league shots | 11 | 1.06 | 11.7 |
| 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 | 2 | 1.09 | 2.2 |
| Three · Pull-up38 % of 443 league shots | 42 | 1.13 | 47.5 |
| Three · Pull-up · second chanceonly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 36 % of 605 | 1 | 1.08 | 1.1 |
| Three · Pull-up · fast breakonly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 36 % of 605 | 4 | 1.08 | 4.3 |
| Total adds up | 423 | 1.12 | 472.9 |
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.
| Pólvora Valencia: drives + post-ups + catch and shoot + pull-ups | 142 drives + 23 post-ups + 157 catch and shoot + 101 pull-ups = 423 |
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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.
