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Contested + Uncontested FG% By Location?

Posted: Wed May 14, 2014 6:28 pm
by fpliii
Hello, just wondering if this data exists? The locations I'm wondering about are those used on NBA.com:

1) Restricted Area
2) In The Paint (Non-RA)
3) Mid-Range
4) Corner 3
5) Above the Break 3

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Re: Contested + Uncontested FG% By Location?

Posted: Sat May 17, 2014 11:41 pm
by knarsu3
I've looked at some of this but using different locations and definitions for contested/uncontested (hand up as opposed to no hand up). I don't know if any of this will help:
http://blog.cacvantage.com/2014/01/who- ... asket.html
http://blog.cacvantage.com/2014/01/defending-three.html
http://blog.cacvantage.com/2014/02/the- ... fense.html

Re: Contested + Uncontested FG% By Location?

Posted: Sun May 18, 2014 2:07 am
by fpliii
knarsu3 wrote:I've looked at some of this but using different locations and definitions for contested/uncontested (hand up as opposed to no hand up). I don't know if any of this will help:
http://blog.cacvantage.com/2014/01/who- ... asket.html
http://blog.cacvantage.com/2014/01/defending-three.html
http://blog.cacvantage.com/2014/02/the- ... fense.html
This is a huge help, thanks. Tremendous research. I'm going to look into the rest of your posts on the blog when I have some free time.

From the second link in particular, I really liked this table of league averages:

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Shot Location	contest	altered	guarded	open	pressured
a	34.97%	0.00%	44.21%	42.50%	35.20%
b	34.51%	0.00%	39.58%	41.04%	32.36%
c	32.37%	12.50%	35.81%	39.95%	30.35%
d	32.69%	0.00%	39.65%	41.18%	33.51%
e	35.53%	0.00%	38.81%	48.27%	42.22%
*there were only 35 altered 3 point attempts in the sample of data
Could you please expand the table to the rest of the half-court shot zones? The data would be very informative.

Re: Contested + Uncontested FG% By Location?

Posted: Sun May 18, 2014 12:16 pm
by Mike G

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Loc.  contest  altered  guarded  open  pressured
a     .350     .000     .442     .425     .352
b     .345     .000     .396     .410     .324
c     .324     .125     .358     .400     .304
d     .327     .000     .397     .412     .335
e     .355     .000     .388     .483     .422
*there were only 35 altered 3 point attempts in the sample of data
Does that look better?
Why, or why not?

Re: Contested + Uncontested FG% By Location?

Posted: Sun May 18, 2014 4:05 pm
by fpliii
Mike G wrote:

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Loc.  contest  altered  guarded  open  pressured
a     .350     .000     .442     .425     .352
b     .345     .000     .396     .410     .324
c     .324     .125     .358     .400     .304
d     .327     .000     .397     .412     .335
e     .355     .000     .388     .483     .422
*there were only 35 altered 3 point attempts in the sample of data
Does that look better?
Why, or why not?
Thanks for cleaning it up. a-e are the 3pt shot zones, but there are also locations f-w that complete the half court set.
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I was wondering if knarsu3 had a similar table for those locations.