get_defense: Download defense data for Players and Teams

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Description

Download and process NBA.com defense data from http://stats.nba.com/players/defense-dash-overall/, http://stats.nba.com/teams/defense-dash-overall/ etc.

Usage

get_defense(
  season,
  type,
  defense_category,
  per_mode = "PerGame",
  season_type = "Regular+Season",
  season_segment = "",
  game_segment = "",
  date_from = "",
  date_to = "",
  outcome = "",
  period = "0",
  opponent_team_id = "0",
  team_id = "0",
  verbose = TRUE
)

Arguments

season	Number of the year in which season started
type	Specify if data is for Team or Player c("Player","Team")
defense_category	Specify which defense category data you need. c("Overall","3+Pointers","2+Pointers","Less+Than+6Ft","Less+Than+10Ft","Greater+Than+15Ft")
per_mode	Specify if you want data divided per game or totals. Default parameter is "PerGame". c("PerGame","Totals")
season_type	Choose data for preseason, regular season or postseason. Default parameter is "Regular Season". c("Regular Season","Playoffs","Pre Season","All Star")
season_segment	Choose season half for the data. Empty string means whole season and it is set by default. c("","Post All-Star","Pre All-Star")
game_segment	Choose game half for the data. Empty string means whole game and it is set by default. c("","First Half","Overtime","Second Half")
date_from	Day from which data will be collected. It is set in MM/DD/YYYY format and by default is not specified, so data is calculated for whole season.
date_to	Day to which data will be collected. It is set in MM/DD/YYYY format and by default is not specified, so data is calculated for whole season.
outcome	Filter by game result. It can be a loss (L) or a win (W). By default parameter is an empty string, so both are taken into account. c("","W","L")
period	Choose game period for the data. 0 means whole game and it is set by default. as.character(c(0:4))
opponent_team_id	Filter by opponent's team id from nba.com database. Default "0" means all teams.
team_id	Specify team id from nba.com database. Default "0" means all teams.
verbose	Defalt TRUE - prints additional information

Value

Dataset from stats.nba.com

Author(s)

Patrick Chodowski, [e-mail]

Examples

Season <- 2016
Type <- c("Player","Team")[1]

defense_category <- c("Overall",
                     "3+Pointers",
                     "2+Pointers",
                     "Less+Than+6Ft",
                     "Less+Than+10Ft",
                     "Greater+Than+15Ft"
                     )[1]

per_mode <- c("PerGame","Totals")[1]
season_type <- c("Regular+Season","Playoffs","Pre+Season","All+Star")[1]
season_segment <- c("","Post+All-Star","Pre+All-Star")[1]
game_segment <- c("","First+Half","Overtime","Second+Half")[1]
period <- as.character(c(0:4))[1]
date_from <- "01/01/2017"
date_to <- "04/30/2017"
outcome <- c("","W","L")[1]
opponent_team_id <- 0
team_id <- 0

defense.dataset <- get_defense(
                              season = 2016,
                              type = 'Team',
                              defense_category = 'Overall',
                              per_mode = 'Totals',
                              season_type,
                              season_segment,
                              game_segment,
                              date_from,
                              date_to,
                              outcome,
                              period,
                              opponent_team_id,
                              team_id
                              )

PatrickChodowski/NBAr documentation built on April 20, 2021, 10:21 p.m.