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Message: [QUOTE="RF2044, post: 1207610, member: 40"] It sounds like you're misinterpreting. Slammed today at work, but here is two seconds worth of google search: [INDENT]TS% True Shooting Percentage; the formula is [URL='http://syracusefan.com/#pts'][U]PTS[/U][/URL] / (2 * [URL='http://syracusefan.com/#tsa'][U]TSA[/U][/URL]). True shooting percentage is a measure of [U][COLOR=#ff8000]shooting efficiency[/COLOR][/U] that takes into account field goals, 3-point field goals, and free throws. [INDENT] In [URL='http://syracusefan.com/wiki/Basketball'][U]basketball[/U][/URL], [B]true shooting percentage[/B] is an [URL='http://syracusefan.com/wiki/APBRmetrics'][U]APBRmetrics[/U][/URL] statistic that measures a player's efficiency at shooting the ball.[URL='http://syracusefan.com/#cite_note-1'][U][1][/U][/URL] It is intended to more accurately calculate a player's shooting than [URL='http://syracusefan.com/wiki/Field_goal_percentage'][U]field goal percentage[/U][/URL], [URL='http://syracusefan.com/wiki/Free_throw_percentage'][U]free throw percentage[/U][/URL], and [URL='http://syracusefan.com/wiki/Three-point_field_goal_percentage'][U]three-point field goal percentage[/U][/URL] taken individually.[/INDENT][/INDENT] Effective shooting percentage is another good barometer, to normalize / compare the scoring of inside versus perimeter players. Great data, but I'm not sure that it would address what you were attempting to analyze in the post I responded to above. [INDENT]eFG% Effective Field Goal Percentage; the formula is ([URL='http://syracusefan.com/#fg'][U]FG[/U][/URL] + 0.5 * [URL='http://syracusefan.com/#fg3'][U]3P[/U][/URL]) / [URL='http://syracusefan.com/#fga'][U]FGA[/U][/URL]. This statistic adjusts for the fact that a 3-point field goal is worth one more point than a 2-point field goal. For example, suppose Player A goes 4 for 10 with 2 threes, while Player B goes 5 for 10 with 0 threes. Each player would have 10 points from field goals, and thus would have the same effective field goal percentage (50%).[/INDENT] [/QUOTE]

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