Tag: how to calculate possessions in basketball
-
How many possessions are in a basketball game?
70 possessions [mks_pullquote align=”left” width=”300″ size=”20″ bg_color=”#00BCD4″ txt_color=”#ffffff”]How does stats.NBA.com calculate possessions? The NBA’s stats site is vague on how they define possessions, but after some guess-work it’s actually a simple equation: (FGA + . 44*FTA – ORB + TOV)/2 with totals from both teams…