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Basketball Statistics Referred Concepts:
The Right Analysis of the Wrong Basketball Box Scores & the Team Player

... Formulas and more formulas.... but pay attention to this old Box Score here used in the eBA Annual Basketball Statistics Clinics as a wrong example: the Euroleague's 2006/07 1st. game was played with the game Joventut Badalona 79 vs. Panathinaikos 82....
Joventut Badalona: 8 Steals and 26 Turnovers
Panathinaikos: 14 Steals and 15 Turnovers......

Somebody can explain me how Badalona steals only 8 balls from the 15 Pana's turnovers ? and viceversa ?
I hope that at total points made they didn't messed up....

First of all, as you say, we use that old box score, as an example of the mistakes the statisticians do on the real time stats work !

You are right: if Badalona turnover 26 balls, "somebody" must recuperate them: an opponent [layer or the opponent team.
We said in Statistics doesn't tell the whole story" that statistics in real time loose reality with the quick pace of the modern basketball, specially after the 24 seconds rule: is very convenient to read those message before going on., as you say, we use that old box score, as an example of the mistakes the statisticians do on the real time stats
work !

Photograph by Michael Conroy ~ AP from MPRnews

Now, we'll do it by parts, the analysis of the box scores is included in the eBA ONLINE Basketball Statistics Creative Analysis Clinic, including my formula to "match" all those numbers shortage: in your question, if Badalona turnover 26 and Pana steals 14, where are the another 12 steals ?

lst. step: are the blocked shots included into the steals totals ( although we know that not every block shot implies a steal and ball control ) ? No.
How we see it ? See the following player's lines Flis, Gaines and Betis from Badalona: they have one blocked shot made and zero steals.

I'll go on with the answer, but it is very useful to go eBA ONLINE to study the complete analysis.

These statisticians errors are currently solved by applying once again in a wrong way, the "Team Player" line, constantly used abusively... but this the thematic of another message.
Prof. Roberto Azar

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

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