The Performance Evolution of Match Play Styles in the Spanish Professional Basketball League
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Sample and Variables
2.2. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Dynamics of Team’s Performance
3.2. Multivariate Team Performance Dynamics
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Gómez, M.-Á.; Medina, R.; Leicht, A.S.; Zhang, S.; Vaquera, A. The Performance Evolution of Match Play Styles in the Spanish Professional Basketball League. Appl. Sci. 2020, 10, 7056. https://doi.org/10.3390/app10207056
Gómez M-Á, Medina R, Leicht AS, Zhang S, Vaquera A. The Performance Evolution of Match Play Styles in the Spanish Professional Basketball League. Applied Sciences. 2020; 10(20):7056. https://doi.org/10.3390/app10207056
Chicago/Turabian StyleGómez, Miguel-Ángel, Ramón Medina, Anthony S. Leicht, Shaoliang Zhang, and Alejandro Vaquera. 2020. "The Performance Evolution of Match Play Styles in the Spanish Professional Basketball League" Applied Sciences 10, no. 20: 7056. https://doi.org/10.3390/app10207056
APA StyleGómez, M.-Á., Medina, R., Leicht, A. S., Zhang, S., & Vaquera, A. (2020). The Performance Evolution of Match Play Styles in the Spanish Professional Basketball League. Applied Sciences, 10(20), 7056. https://doi.org/10.3390/app10207056