Olympic games basketball (Olympics)

Standings for 2008-2009 season

Rk Team % Victory Gp Gw GL Pts+ Pts- Pts+ /g Pts- /g Diff Expected
Winning %
1 USA USA 100.0 8 8 0 850 627 106.3 78.4 27.9 98.6
2 Argentina Argentina 75.0 8 6 2 673 615 84.1 76.9 7.2 77.8
3 Spain Spain 75.0 8 6 2 688 632 86.0 79.0 7.0 76.5
4 Lithuania Lithuania 62.5 8 5 3 680 646 85.0 80.8 4.2 67.1
5 Greece Greece 50.0 6 3 3 493 455 82.2 75.8 6.4 75.3
6 Australia Australia 50.0 6 3 3 542 521 90.3 86.8 3.5 63.4
7 Croatia Croatia 50.0 6 3 3 458 452 76.3 75.3 1.0 54.6
8 China China 33.3 6 2 4 434 494 72.3 82.3 -10.0 14.2
9 Russia Russia 20.0 5 1 4 387 406 77.4 81.2 -3.8 33.9
10 Germany Germany 20.0 5 1 4 330 390 66.0 78.0 -12.0 8.9
11 Iran Iran 0.0 5 0 5 323 464 64.6 92.8 -28.2 0.6
12 Angola Angola 0.0 5 0 5 321 477 64.2 95.4 -31.2 0.4

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.