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| Points Added is
not points scored. It is a new basketball statistic that shows each
player's overall value to his team—in points. |
A New Basketball Statistic:
Points Added
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| Points Added shows how many
points each player adds to his team's margin of victory (or defeat): |
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For example, if Gary Payton has
10 Points Added in a game that Seattle wins by 9, then without Payton's
contributions, Seattle likely would have lost by 1 point instead.
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Points Added incorporates every individual player statistic—those demonstrating
points scored, offensive rebounds, defensive rebounds, assists, field-goal
shooting, free-throw shooting, success in getting to the free-throw line,
3-point shooting, steals, turnovers, and blocks—all into one stat.
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Points Added allows for accurate comparisons between guards and big men,
scorers and passers, low-post scorers and perimeter scorers, etc.
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Of course, Points Added is no different from any other basketball statistic
in its inability to evaluate those intangible aspects of the game that
cannot be measured statistically—such as much of defensive play, leadership,
and performance in the clutch. However, Points Added combines
every major individual statistic and tells us something that was unknowable
before: statistically, the number of points that each player adds
to his team's potential for victory.
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