TED TALK - Rajiv Maheswaran: The Math Behind Basketball's Wildest Moves

[Vic Petro]

Cool talk about teams using spatial analysis. It gets Spurs-centric at about 8:35 when they break down the Ray Allen three. According to their analysis, that play had a 9% chance of occurring the way it did, which is a higher number than I thought.


https://www.ted.com/talks/rajiv_maheswaran_the_math_behind_basketball_s_wild est_moves

[Mr. Body]

Uh, if they ran that play ten times, it happens nearly once each time? I call bullshit.

[beirmeistr]

Uh, if they ran that play ten times, it happens nearly once each time? I call bullshit.

9 out of a 100

[capek]

9 out of a 100

Which would be "nearly 1 out of 10." :lol

[Mr. Body]

Which would be "nearly 1 out of 10." :lol

Lol

[808]

Lol maths