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Points per game, often abbreviated PPG, is the average number of points scored by a player or team per game played in a sport, over the course of a series of games, a whole season, or a career. It is calculated by dividing the total number of points by number of games. The terminology is often used in basketball and ice hockey.
Averages per game are denoted by *PG, e.g. PPG (points), BLKPG or BPG (blocks), STPG or SPG (steals), APG (assists), RPG (rebounds) and MPG (minutes).Sometime the players statistics are divided by minutes played and multiplied by 48 minutes (had he played the entire game), denoted by * per 48 min. or *48M.
This is a list of National Basketball Association team abbreviations and acronyms. Abbreviation/ Acronym Franchise ATL Atlanta Hawks: BOS Boston Celtics: BKN
Over an 11-year NBA career, Porter averaged 11.6 ppg, 8.1 apg, while winning four assist titles. Basketball historian Bijan Bayne said, “What always stood out about Kevin Porter is that he was pass-first, in an era of Pistol, Clyde, Pearl, Tiny, Westphal and Jo Jo. That watered down his star quality.
According to the modified PER formula used at Basketball-Reference.com, [4] the highest PER ever achieved over an entire single season in the NBA was 32.85 by Nikola Jokić in 2021–22. Wilt Chamberlain held the distinction of being the only player with a PER over 30 over an entire single season for 2½ decades, after having a PER of 31.84 in ...
The transfer portal window for college basketball players runs from March 18 through May 1. More: Indiana basketball's Kel'el Ware isn't sure he's lock to go in first round of NBA draft Here's a ...
After the league’s 30 teams divide into six pods for group play, the semifinals and championship will be decided in Las Vegas starting Dec. 7, with each player on the winning team getting a ...
Defensive rating or defensive efficiency is a statistic used in basketball to measure an individual player's efficiency at preventing the other team from scoring points. It was created by author and statistician Dean Oliver. [1] Oliver introduced the defensive rating statistic in his 2004 book, Basketball on Paper. [2]