Okay, so today I wanted to mess around with some NBA game data, specifically the Phoenix Suns versus the Denver Nuggets. First off, I gotta find where I can get this info. I remember seeing something about a box score, maybe it was for a game on December 23rd or 24th? I think it was from this website.
So, I went on and I searched for “Phoenix Suns vs Denver Nuggets box score” and the first few results had what I needed. Oh, and I think I saw one mention of a game where the Suns beat the Nuggets 110-100.
I clicked on those links and started digging into the stats. I saw individual player performances. That Nikola Jokic guy, I read he put up 32 points and 13 of those were in the third quarter! Must have been a game-changer. I just grabbed a bunch of numbers for points, rebounds, assists, you know, the usual stuff.
Then I started to play around:
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Sorting
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Filtering
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Calculating
First, I sorted players by points to see who the top scorers were for each team. Then I tried sorting by rebounds, because hey, those are important too!
I also did some filtering. Like, show me only players who played more than 20 minutes, or those who scored more than 15 points. Just wanted to see who really made an impact.
After that, I did some simple math, adding up total team points, getting the average points per player, that kind of thing. Nothing too fancy, just wanted to get a feel for the overall team performance.
I think I also read something about Denver being a 2-point favorite in the odds. So these details are pretty interesting for figuring out what happened in that matchup. After getting all the information and playing with them, I finally get the player stats from the match!
It was fun messing around with the data. It’s cool to see how players performed and how the teams stacked up against each other. Maybe next time I’ll try comparing multiple games. But for now, I’ve got a good handle on this Suns-Nuggets game.
