nba_nuggets_shots_2025

A dataset containing seven seasons of Denver Nuggets shot data from NBA.com

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We provide data sets used in the textbook "Introduction to Sports Analytics using R" by Elmore and Urbaczweski (2025).

Ryan Elmore

ISAR

Introduction to Sports Analytics using R (ISAR) Data

nba_nuggets_shots_2025 function

A data frame with 70488 rows and 16 variables:<dl>
 <dt>seasonId</dt>
<dd>Season in which the game was played (YYYY-YY)</dd> <dt>gameId</dt>
<dd>Game ID on nba.com</dd> <dt>namePlayer</dt>
<dd>Player name</dd> <dt>nameTeam</dt>
<dd>Full team name</dd> <dt>shotType</dt>
<dd>Two or three point shot</dd> <dt>zoneBasic</dt>
<dd>Description of area on court where shot was taken</dd> <dt>shotZoneArea</dt>
<dd>More descriptive shot zone</dd> <dt>shotZoneRange</dt>
<dd>Distance of shot in categories</dd> <dt>locationX</dt>
<dd>X cordinate where shot was taken</dd> <dt>locationY</dt>
<dd>Y cordinate where shot was taken</dd> <dt>shotMadeFlag</dt>
<dd>character variable for make/miss (1/0) of shot</dd> <dt>htm</dt>
<dd>Home Team abbreviation</dd> <dt>vtm</dt>
<dd>Visiting Team abbreviation</dd> <dt>isHomeGame</dt>
<dd>logical variable for home game (T/F)</dd> <dt>opponentName</dt>
<dd>Team name of opponent</dd> <dt>isShotMade</dt>
<dd>logical variable for make/miss (T/F) of shot</dd>
</dl>

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2015/16 - 2024/25 Shot Data for the NBA's Denver Nuggets — nba_nuggets_shots_2025

A data frame with 70488 rows and 16 variables:<dl>
 <dt>seasonId</dt>
<dd>Season in which the game was played (YYYY-YY)</dd>

 <dt>gameId</dt>
<dd>Game ID on nba.com</dd>

 <dt>namePlayer</dt>
<dd>Player name</dd>

 <dt>nameTeam</dt>
<dd>Full team name</dd>

 <dt>shotType</dt>
<dd>Two or three point shot</dd>

 <dt>zoneBasic</dt>
<dd>Description of area on court where shot was taken</dd>

 <dt>shotZoneArea</dt>
<dd>More descriptive shot zone</dd>

 <dt>shotZoneRange</dt>
<dd>Distance of shot in categories</dd>

 <dt>locationX</dt>
<dd>X cordinate where shot was taken</dd>

 <dt>locationY</dt>
<dd>Y cordinate where shot was taken</dd>

 <dt>shotMadeFlag</dt>
<dd>character variable for make/miss (1/0) of shot</dd>

 <dt>htm</dt>
<dd>Home Team abbreviation</dd>

 <dt>vtm</dt>
<dd>Visiting Team abbreviation</dd>

 <dt>isHomeGame</dt>
<dd>logical variable for home game (T/F)</dd>

 <dt>opponentName</dt>
<dd>Team name of opponent</dd>

 <dt>isShotMade</dt>
<dd>logical variable for make/miss (T/F) of shot</dd>


</dl>

nba_nuggets_shots_2025: 2015/16 - 2024/25 Shot Data for the NBA's Denver Nuggets

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