what you wanted to know

Ya.. You wanted to know what the statistics mean right? Here you go. =)

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Field goals: 12/24

This means that the team scored 12 shots out of their 24.

Usually accompanied by ‘field goal percentage’. In this case is 50%.

3-point field goals: 5/11

This means that the team scored 5 out of their 11 3points attempts.

Also accompanied by a percentage.

Steals

Well, I think this is easy enough to understand?

Assists

An assist is awarded whenever someone from the team passes the ball to his fellow team-mate, and in turn, that team mate scores from that pass.

Blocks

Eh, it’s considered a block when a player deflects his opponents attempt at the basket (in other words, he prevents the ball from getting into the basket). It is NOT a block shot when the player blocks the ball when it has reached its pinnacle point (highest point) of trajectory. That is considered a ‘goal-tending’, and the points of the shot (2 or 3) would be awarded to the opposing team, regardless if the ball is going into the hoop.

Offensive rebound

Hmmm. An offensive rebound is a rebound that the team grabs after missing a shot. It gives the team another chance of scoring. Understand?

Defensive rebound.

It’s the rebound that the team grabs when their opponent misses their shots.

Total rebounds

Sum of offensive and defensive rebounds.

Turnovers

Okay. This is the most difficult one to explain… A team commits a turnover when they LOST possession of the ball, either their ball gets stolen by the opposing team (this sounds wrong, but I’m too lazy to rephrase it. Hope it’s not too crude. Haha), or they simply lose their possession to the opposing team by stepping out of bounds, or committing a backcourt violation, or ‘travelling’ with the ball, or committing a technical foul when they are on the offence. Ya…

So have I missed out on anything? Hehehe…