Olympic games (W) basketball (Olympics)

Standings for 1988-1989 season

Rk Team % Victory Gp Gw GL Pts+ Pts- Pts+ /g Pts- /g Diff Expected
Winning %
1 USA (W) USA (W) 100.0 5 5 0 461 392 92.2 78.4 13.8 90.5
2 Soviet Union (W) Soviet Union (W) 60.0 5 3 2 364 343 72.8 68.6 4.2 69.6
3 Bulgaria (W) Bulgaria (W) 60.0 5 3 2 400 393 80.0 78.6 1.4 56.1
4 Yugoslavia (W) Yugoslavia (W) 60.0 5 3 2 326 344 65.2 68.8 -3.6 32.1
5 Korea (W) Korea (W) 40.0 5 2 3 416 378 83.2 75.6 7.6 79.1
6 China (W) China (W) 40.0 5 2 3 371 411 74.2 82.2 -8.0 19.4
7 Australia (W) Australia (W) 40.0 5 2 3 287 321 57.4 64.2 -6.8 17.4
8 Czechoslovakia (W) Czechoslovakia (W) 0.0 5 0 5 339 382 67.8 76.4 -8.6 16.0

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.