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A Decade of Euroleague Basketball: an Analysis of Trends and Recent Rule Change Effects
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The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) recently introduced major rule changes that came into effect with the 2010/11 season. Most notably, moving the three-point arc and changing the shot-clock. The purpose of this study was to investigate and quantify how these changes affect the game performance of top-level European basketball players. In order to better understand these changes, we also investigated past seasons and showed the presence of several trends, even in the absence of significant rule changes. A large set of game statistics for 10 seasons and 2198 Euroleague basketball games in which top European clubs competed was analyzed. Results show that the effects of the rule changes are contrary to trends in recent years.
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“To add credence to the possibility of a delayed effect, rule changes have been shown to incrementally and slowly effect how basketball (e.g., decrease in three-point accuracy by virtue of the increase in three-point arc distance to the basket; Strumbelj et al., 2013) and rugby league (e.g., 75% reduction in possessions kicked out of play due to the introduction of '40-20' rule; Eaves et al., 2008)”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Štrumbelj, E., Vračar, P., Robnik-Šikonja, M., Dežman, B., & Erčulj, F.
- Affiliations
- University of Ljubljana (SI)
- Corresponding author
- Štrumbelj, Erik
- Venue
- Journal of Human Kinetics
- Publisher
- Termedia Sp. z.o.o.
- Published
- 2013-09-01
- Volume
- 38
- Pages
- 183-189
- ISSN
- 1640-5544 (ISSN-L)
- 1899-7562
- PMC
- PMC3827757
- OpenAlex
- W2140210607
- Cited by
- 50
- References
- 13
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 1
- FWCI
- 1.03
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- diamond
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- Journal of Human Kinetics (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Orthopedics and Sports Medicine › Sports Performance and Training
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Sports Analytics and Performance
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Sport Psychology and Performance
- Keywords
- Euroleague, basketball, game performance, game statistics, performance trends
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