Olympic games (W) basketball (Olympics)

Standings for 1976-1977 season

Rk Team % Victory Gp Gw GL Pts+ Pts- Pts+ /g Pts- /g Diff Expected
Winning %
1 Soviet Union (W) Soviet Union (W) 100.0 5 5 0 504 346 100.8 69.2 31.6 99.5
2 USA (W) USA (W) 60.0 5 3 2 415 417 83.0 83.4 -0.4 48.3
3 Bulgaria (W) Bulgaria (W) 60.0 5 3 2 365 377 73.0 75.4 -2.4 38.9
4 Japan (W) Japan (W) 40.0 5 2 3 405 400 81.0 80.0 1.0 54.3
5 Czechoslovakia (W) Czechoslovakia (W) 40.0 5 2 3 351 359 70.2 71.8 -1.6 42.2
6 Canada (W) Canada (W) 0.0 5 0 5 336 477 67.2 95.4 -28.2 0.8

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.