Alright, so I wanted to dig into the stats from the Memphis Grizzlies vs. New York Knicks game. Here’s how I went about it, step by step:
Finding the Data
First things first, I needed to find a good source for the player stats. You know, a reliable place. I went on and searched.
Once I landed on a game summary page, I could see all the basic stuff – final score, date, and the key players.
Getting into the Details
Now for the fun part. I wanted to see the individual player performances.
I Looked for a section marked, in some cases, “Box Score” or something similar.
I clicked on that, and boom – there it was! A big table with all the players from both teams, and a bunch of columns with numbers.
Making Sense of it All
Okay, so now I had this massive table. Here’s what I started to look at, player by player:
- Points (PTS): The most obvious one – how many points each player scored.
- Rebounds (REB): How many times they grabbed the ball after a missed shot. I usually look at both offensive and defensive rebounds.
- Assists (AST): How many times they passed the ball to a teammate who then scored.
- Field Goal Percentage (FG%): How good they were at shooting. A higher percentage means they made more of their shots.
- Three-Point Percentage (3P%): Same as above, but just for three-point shots.
- Free Throw Percentage (FT%): How well they shot their free throws.
- Minutes Played (MIN): How long they were actually on the court.
I basically scrolled through the whole table, checking out each player. I was looking for who had a really good game, who struggled, and any surprises.
Putting It Together
After I looked at all the individual stats, I started to get a feel for how the game went. Like, did one team dominate because of one star player, or was it a team effort? Did someone come off the bench and have a huge impact?
I love doing for myself and hope one day to start my own blog and share the data for public use.
That’s pretty much my process! It’s simple, but it lets me really understand what happened in a game just by looking at the numbers.
