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The relation in quantity of ball passes and effectiveness in elite European basketball

The research evaluates the frequency of passes within the basic types of offenses we encounter in basketball: set offenses, transition, and early offenses. The results were drawn from the analysis of 2, 604 offensive phases from 15 randomly selected games in the Euroleague playoffs. Contrary to expectations, the findings have shown that a greater number of passes in the set offense had the highest tendency of a negative offensive outcome - 45%, as opposed to a positive 37%. The quantity of passes within the transition and early offenses does not represent a discriminating factor in reference to the type of outcome (p<0.05). Passes, as an essential technical- tactical tool in the execution of offensive actions, demand a complete analysis as a precondition for explaining the influence of offensive characteristics. The authors agree that the influence of passes on offense effectiveness based only on quantitative indicators has various disadvantages since basketball is rich in passes that are not relative to tactical offense solutions. The analysis of passes in basketball must be fulfilled with the evaluation of the type of passes and, ultimately, the degree of their usefulness and connection with the final outcome of the offense.

basketball, passing, set offense, transition offense, early offense, notational analysis

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