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Fetch possession length frequency from the pbpstats API

Source: R/pbpstats.R
get_possession_length_frequency.Rd

A thin wrapper around the pbpstats API’s “get-possession-length-frequency” endpoint.

Usage

get_possession_length_frequency(
  league = "nba",
  season,
  season_type = "Regular Season",
  poss_type,
  time_type,
  start_type = "All"
)

Arguments

league

Character. Which league to query; e.g., "nba" or "wnba"; defaults to "nba".

season

Character or integer. The season to query; e.g., "2024-25".

season_type

Character. One of:

  • "Regular Season"

  • "Playoffs"

  • "PlayIn"

  • "All"

; defaults to "Regular Season".

poss_type

Character. One of:

  • "Offense"

  • "Defense"

.

time_type

Character. One of:

  • "IncludeSecondChances"

  • "ExcludeSecondChances"

.

start_type

Character. Defines the event that starts the possession; one of:

  • "All"

  • "OffMissedFG"

  • "OffMissed2"

  • "OffMissed3"

  • "OffMadeFG"

  • "OffMade2"

  • "OffMade3"

  • "OffAtRimMake"

  • "OffAtRimMiss"

  • "OffAtRimBlock"

  • "OffShortMidRangeMake"

  • "OffShortMidRangeMiss"

  • "OffLongMidRangeMake"

  • "OffLongMidRangeMiss"

  • "OffArc3Make"

  • "OffArc3Miss"

  • "OffCorner3Make"

  • "OffCorner3Miss"

  • "OffFTMake"

  • "OffFTMiss"

  • "OffLiveBallTurnover"

  • "OffDeadball"

  • "OffTimeout"

.

Value

A tibble of possession length frequency as returned by the API.

References

Darryl Blackport (2020). PBPStats API, MIT License. https://api.pbpstats.com/docs

See also

https://api.pbpstats.com/docs