NBA basketball (USA-1)

Standings for 1951-1952 season

Rk Team % Victory Gp Gw GL Pts+ Pts- Pts+ /g Pts- /g Diff Expected
Winning %
1 Sacramento Kings Sacramento Kings 62.1 66 41 25 5689 5468 86.2 82.8 3.4 63.4
2 Los Angeles Lakers Los Angeles Lakers 60.6 66 40 26 5648 5250 85.6 79.5 6.1 73.4
3 Philadelphia 76ers Philadelphia 76ers 60.6 66 40 26 5721 5427 86.7 82.2 4.5 67.6
4 Boston Celtics Boston Celtics 59.1 66 39 27 6027 5758 91.3 87.2 4.1 65.4
5 New York Knicks New York Knicks 56.1 66 37 29 5609 5560 85.0 84.2 0.8 53.0
6 Indiana Olympians Indiana Olympians 51.5 66 34 32 5474 5466 82.9 82.8 0.1 50.5
7 Golden State Warriors Golden State Warriors 50.0 66 33 33 5713 5795 86.6 87.8 -1.2 45.1
8 Detroit Pistons Detroit Pistons 43.9 66 29 37 5151 5286 78.0 80.1 -2.1 41.1
9 Baltimore Bullets Baltimore Bullets 30.3 66 20 46 5377 5873 81.5 89.0 -7.5 22.7
10 Atlanta Hawks Atlanta Hawks 25.8 66 17 49 4831 5357 73.2 81.2 -8.0 19.2

Standings glossary

Stats abbreviations

  • Rk: rank
  • % Victory: number of win / number of games played
  • Gp: number of games played
  • Gw: number of games won
  • GL: number of games lost
  • Pts+: total number of points scored by the team
  • Pts-: total number of points scored by opposing teams
  • Pts+ /g: total number of points scored by the team per game
  • Pts- /g: total number of points scored by opposing teams per game
  • Diff: difference between points scored and received per game
  • Expected Winning %: through our basketball statistical database and the use of advanced stats, we are able to project a team’s win percentage which then allows us to project how many wins a team is expected to have. These projections are a unique way to understand whether a team has played better or worse than their record indicates.