PbP.BDB: Play-by-play dataset - NBA 2017-2018
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In this play-by-play data frame (NBA 2017-2018 Championship), the cases (rows) are the events occurred during the analyzed games and the variables (columns) are descriptions of the events in terms of type, time, players involved, score, area of the court.

PbP.BDB

A data.frame with 37430 rows and 48 variables:

game_id: Identification code for the game
data_set: Season: years and type (Regular or Playoffs)
date: Date of the game
a1 ... a5; h1 ... h5: Five players on the court (away team; home team)
period: Quarter (>= 5: over-time)
away_score; home_score: Score of the away/home team
remaining_time: Time left in the quarter (h:mm:ss)
elapsed: Time played in the quarter (h:mm:ss)
play_length: Time since the immediately preceding event (h:mm:ss)
play_id: Identification code for the play
team: Team responsible for the event
event_type: Type of event
assist: Player who made the assist
away; home: Players for the jump ball
block: Player who blocked the shot
entered; left: Player who entered/left the court
num: Sequence number of the free throw
opponent: Player who made the foul
outof: Number of free throws accorded
player: Player responsible for the event
points: Scored points
possession: Player who the jump ball is tipped to
reason: Reason of the turnover
result: Result of the shot (made or missed)
steal: Player who stole the ball
type: Type of play
shot_distance: Field shots: distance from the basket
original_x ; original_y; converted_x ; converted_y: Coordinates of the shooting player. original: tracking coordinate system half court, (0,0) center of the basket; converted: coordinates in feet full court, (0,0) bottom-left corner
description: Textual description of the event