[OT] Basketball Statistics

[JoeT]

Originally posted by Mlancaster
Not sure just what you are looking for here.

Actually, my main question was in regard to "balancing" missed shots (FGAs + FTAs) and rebounds - especially in regard to "team rebounds" - on a box score. There is a discussion of "dead-ball rebounds" in the manual cited above which answered my questions.

I've taken stats during games (or from tape) in the past, and I have a great deal of respect for the work that the "real" statisticians do. There are a lot of finer points that I originally did not consider. These guys make at least as many (if not more) quick judgement calls as officials. Like officials, they have to have a pretty quick grasp of not only the rules of basketball stats (which are often arcane), but the philosophy behind them.