Comments on: The 220-Three Club http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=2884 NBA & ABA Basketball Statistics & History Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:56:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6 By: Jason J http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=2884&cpage=1#comment-10729 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:55:25 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=2884#comment-10729 I think the league moved the line in as a first attempt to resuscitate offense in the wake of Pat Riley and Pat Riley-inspired defensive grindouts. Also the loss of MJ may have prompted the change - something new to boost ratings a little. In the end Mike came back, and the advantage didn't really tilt back to offense until they eliminated perimeter contact.

]]> By: Bradlee http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=2884&cpage=1#comment-10728 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:05:01 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=2884#comment-10728 Anyone recall why the NBA decided to move the 3pt line in then back out?

]]> By: Gabe http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=2884&cpage=1#comment-10725 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:07:00 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=2884#comment-10725 Truth be told, I looked at the numbers for Lewis and Walker, and my first thought was that there wasn't a significant difference between them. But, I ran a quick test, and proved myself wrong:

The FREQ Procedure

Table of make by player

make      player

Frequency‚
Percent  ‚
Row Pct  ‚
Col Pct  ‚lewis   ‚walker  ‚  Total
---------ˆ--------ˆ--------ˆ
       0 ‚    661 ‚    805 ‚   1466
         ‚  28.07 ‚  34.18 ‚  62.25
         ‚  45.09 ‚  54.91 ‚
         ‚  59.71 ‚  64.50 ‚
---------ˆ--------ˆ--------ˆ
       1 ‚    446 ‚    443 ‚    889
         ‚  18.94 ‚  18.81 ‚  37.75
         ‚  50.17 ‚  49.83 ‚
         ‚  40.29 ‚  35.50 ‚
---------ˆ--------ˆ--------ˆ
Total        1107     1248     2355
            47.01    52.99   100.00


Statistics for Table of make by player

Statistic                     DF       Value      Prob
------------------------------------------------------
Chi-Square                     1      5.7332    0.0166
Likelihood Ratio Chi-Square    1      5.7305    0.0167
Continuity Adj. Chi-Square     1      5.5311    0.0187
Mantel-Haenszel Chi-Square     1      5.7308    0.0167
Phi Coefficient                      -0.0493
Contingency Coefficient               0.0493
Cramer's V                           -0.0493


       Fisher's Exact Test
----------------------------------
Cell (1,1) Frequency (F)       661
Left-sided Pr = F         0.9926

Table Probability (P)       0.0019
Two-sided Pr <= P           0.0171

Sample Size = 2355
]]> By: Pageup http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=2884&cpage=1#comment-10722 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:23:44 +0000 http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=2884#comment-10722 There have been only 30 seasons with of over 200 made, Ray Allen's done it 5 times, no one else has done it more than twice (though Arenas also had 199)...

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