Disco
Years ago
Ok I know that the +/- denotes how the player goes when he is on the court. But what does the BA mean on the new nba.com scoreboard denote??? Have a look, I can't work it out for the life of me.
Disco
Years ago
I think everytime someone takes a shot there is an attempt to block, well unless you play for the Suns.
its how many times they have been blocked im pretty sure
frog 75
Years ago
yeh it denotes every time they get the absolute shot blocked outta them
Max
Years ago
i love the new shot chart..it's funny watching gils shot chart putting up treys from nearly half way lol
Isaac
Years ago
Blocks Against.
I think it may get introduced here in Australia as a stat next year?
billo
Years ago
So under the current arrangement in the NBL if you get blocked and lose posession does that count as a turnover? Or a missed shot? What about if you get blocked but only a little bit and the shot still hits the ring and it looks you missed but deep down you know that it was the defender's fingertips that made the differece? So much grey.
Isaac
Years ago
If we ignored stats because of a bit of grey, you could feasibly kiss goodbye rebounds, steals, assists, turnovers, blocks, right?
The stat's being kept somewhere anyway - remember a few seasons back when Dusty Rychart was statistically the most blocked player in the league?
Melvin Corpuscle
Years ago
This stat is displayed in live-WNBL stats too, but not shown in the after-game boxscore ..
HO
Years ago
Bilo, blocks are easy to define - hard to call. There is no grey in your examples, any contact on the ball by the defender where the shot is missed means a block - the tough part is seeing the contact on the ball sometimes.
Disco
Years ago
Thanks Guys, That has cleared it up - BA equals Blocked Attempts. I can now move on.
Disco
Years ago
Wait a minute how come the BA colum doesn't add up to the BS colum???
Disco
Years ago
have a look at the rockets and jazz atm it doesn't match up, maybe thats because it is ingame???
Isaac
Years ago
Matches up for me - remember that one team's block count will match the blocks against for the other team.
So, if Houston have 8 and 4, Utah will have 4 and 8.
But you are saying that BA is for Block Against, not for Blocks Attempted. It would seem absurd to keep a stat for blocks attempted, like the earlier post said, that "should" happen on every shot.
Isaac
Years ago
It's blocks against, as I said. Not blocks attempted.
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