The Problem of Shot Selection in Basketball

Brian Skinner

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0030776

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The Problem of Shot Selection in Basketball

Brian Skinner

* E-mail: bskinner@physics.umn.edu

Affiliation Fine Theoretical Physics Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
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The Problem of Shot Selection in Basketball

Brian Skinner

Published: January 25, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0030776

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Posted by PLOS_ONE_Group on 27 Jan 2012 at 22:06 GMT

The following article represents some of the media coverage that has occurred for this paper:

Publication: Truth Dive
Title: “Mathematical model tells NBA players when to make winning shots | TruthDive”
http://truthdive.com/2012...

Publication: Medill Reports Northwestern
Title: “Shot clock violated? Study shows NBA teams wait too long to shoot”
http://news.medill.northw...

Publication: Times of India
Title: “NBA: Study says shooters might be too conservative - The Times of India”
http://timesofindia.india...

Publication: Huffington Post
Title: “Basketball 'Mathematical Model' Shows Optimal Shot Selection”
http://www.huffingtonpost...

Publication: Science Codex
Title: “Optimal basketball shooting rate proposed based on mathematical model | Science Codex”
http://www.sciencecodex.c...

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RE: Media Coverage of This Article

PLOS_ONE_Group replied to PLOS_ONE_Group on 17 Feb 2012 at 23:24 GMT

The following article represents some of the media coverage that has occurred for this paper:

Publication: Wired
Title: “NBA Players Scoff at Mathematical Model Suggesting When to Shoot | Playbook | Wired.com”
http://www.wired.com/play...

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