That's fine, and hats off to them for doing it.

Someone is either telling them to not to count fastbreak points, or they don't know what a fast break is. Either one is fine, really, but don't have a column for it in the boxscore, until either a). the league wants to count fastbreak points, or b). the stat counters are educated about what constitutes a fastbreak.

Because according to the stats, not a single fastbreak point was scored in the last round of NBL action. Not really possible in the game of basketball.

To be more clear: the boxscore isn't the issue (very few people look at it), it's the TV analysts making themselves look stupid by using the boxscore to come up with talking points that have no correlation with the game they are covering.

Now we have every game on NBL.tv along with the FTA coverage, it's a bit of a problem, especially when unseasoned fans garner a lot of their insight into a game they aren't familiar with from the commentators.

Most leagues at lower levels too are the same, many coaching staff have to keep their own data on these metrics...
I understand they are volunteers and it's very much appreciated but it just helps if they could do it a bit better. Perhaps the NBL and other leagues need to enforce better data collection as well for the home teams running the benches. put in fines etc...

FB pts are definately a joke and coaches really can use that stat as a KPI on how their Trans O and D is working effectively.

Goes to show the gap between the NBL and other professional leagues in the country. Have a go at what the NRL just announced.

http://www.nrl.com/nrl-partnering-with-prozone-sports/tabid/10874/newsid/75763/default.aspx

That's another thing I was wondering anon: to teams use these datasets for their own use or do they keep a proper set in-house? If so: uh oh.

Though, with only a handful of games each round it wouldn't be too hard for an assistant to compile their own set while they do their scouts.

The NRL is traditionally viewed as backward-thinking by many, so you can't let them get a leg-up with something like this.

Look at the analytics boom in the NBA over the past 5 years. You have to keep pace or you'll become a laughingstock. This is something that fans want to be able to use to follow the game, it's not just for scouts and coaches any more.

Bench staff are paid a league set fee. Lets call it beer money for the weekend.

Maybe they have the drinks before the game and that's why they can't count fastbreak points?

Another question: what the hell is "DT" that you see a column for in NBL boxscores?

Never heard of this metric being used at any level of basketball anywhere in the world, but maybe I'm just clueless...

Common sense would suggest that, anon, but why then would you have the statistic FASTBREAK POINTS in every damn box score? Get rid of the category!

Why do guys throw down dunks during halftime highlight reels and then have ZERO points in the paint? Did they jump from outside the paint?

DT is Dream Team points. Fantasy sports are big business.

There is your answer, get the stats relevant to something associated with gambling or betting and it will be done brilliantly!

Problem solved...

Points in the paint should be OK as that is automatically derived from where the Statistician clicks the mouse to indicate where on the court the shot was taken.

But while recent versions of FIBA LiveStats (the program used to collect the stats for almost all leagues in Australia) has the ability to record fastbreak points, the official Australian calling protocol has not been updated to define how it is to be used. Thus you get inconsistent use of it and I would say invariably low captured numbers. Hopefully BA's Stats Committee will update the aclling protocol soon.