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Basketball Registering Stats Referred Questions:
Giving Statistical Credit for an Assist

"... Which are the rules on giving credit for an assist? How do you define when an assist is given.

If the pass was made and the receiver dribbles before making the basket is it an assist?

How many dribbles before it's no longer an assist?

As long and the receiver of the pass is immediately going for the basket is there a rule on giving the assist?

Does there have to be no dribble at all to get credit for the assist? ...

Assists is the most popular thematic in our eBA Stats Group sites, so you can:
- in the eBA Forum look below for the Topic: "Assists, A question about Assists"';
- in the eBA Basketball Statistics System Book look for the eBA Discussion about "Assists";
- go to eBA ONLINE

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The Stats Definition, as follows, "a pass that lead directly to a basket", we apply for Live Stats and lead to use by the stats men on the court.

"Any assist is credited to the player tossing the last pass leading directly to a field goal, if and only if the player scoring the goal responds by demonstrating immediate reaction toward the basket.

No more than one assist is to be credited for each field goal."

But working at basketball Analysis, the eBA Basketball Statistics Creative Analysis System is very much flexible:

- an in-bounds pass can be an assist, if it leads directly to a field goal;
- dribble may be made if the player are not using it to evade an opponent;
- bounces can be taken if they don't help the shooter to pass by another player...

So, we take in question, we are working for a Coach which wants to know REALLY which players promotes SHOOTING OPPORTUNITIES for their teammates.

A full chapter about this idea is dedicated at the eBA Basketball Statistics Analysis System from the Prof. Roberto Azar, and an excerpt will be edited at eBA ONLINE in the next meetings of the current eBA Clinic.
At the same place you can read and study about his "2nd. Assist" concept !

See in our forum the 'basketball assists' topics and the exposition "Basketball Assists Analysis" at eBA ONLINE.

All the terms in this answer are explained widely at The eBA Basketball System Book and in eBA Clinic ONLINE.

This topic is resumed in the eBA Basketball Statistics Analysis Encyclopedia
at the eBA Basketball Statistics System Book

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