Possessions of a Neglected Statistic
In basketball, there exists a lot of statistical categories like point scored, blocked shots, steals, assists and more. Players are even given awards based on their excellence on a certain statistical category and the player with the best statistical record of all is awarded as the best player.
An often neglected statistical category is possessions. The number of possessions in a game is an important category but have you ever heard of a team being awarded under this category? Remember that the goal in basketball is to have a higher score than your opponent by either having more field goals or limiting the score of your opponent. Here lies the importance of possessions you have, the more opportunity for you to score and lesser for the other team.
Source: http://www.eba-stats.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5078&Itemid=47
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