A Decade of Euroleague Basketball: an Analysis of Trends and Recent Rule Change Effects

• Authors: Erik Štrumbelj , Petar Vračar , Marko Robnik-Šikonja , Brane Dežman , Frane Erčulj
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) recently introduced major rule changes that came into effect with the 2010/11 season. Most notably, moving the three-point arc and changing the shot-clock. The purpose of this study was to investigate and quantify how these changes affect the game performance of top-level European basketball players. In order to better understand these changes, we also investigated past seasons and showed the presence of several trends, even in the absence of significant rule changes. A large set of game statistics for 10 seasons and 2198 Euroleague basketball games in which top European clubs competed was analyzed. Results show that the effects of the rule changes are contrary to trends in recent years

Keywords

EN

FIBA; basketball; statistics; three-point arc; shot-clock

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Journal of Human Kinetics
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 38
• Pages: 183-189

Dates

published

1 - 09 - 2013

online

08 - 10 - 2013

Contributors

author

Erik Štrumbelj

• Faculty of Computer and Information Science, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

author

Petar Vračar

• Faculty of Computer and Information Science, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

author

Marko Robnik-Šikonja

• Faculty of Computer and Information Science, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

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Brane Dežman

• Faculty of Sport, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

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Frane Erčulj

• Faculty of Sport, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/hukin-2013-0058