Olympic games (W) basketball (Olympics)

Standings for 1996-1997 season

Rk Team % Victory Gp Gw GL Pts+ Pts- Pts+ /g Pts- /g Diff Expected
Winning %
1 USA (W) USA (W) 100.0 8 8 0 819 590 102.4 73.8 28.6 99.0
2 Brazil (W) Brazil (W) 87.5 8 7 1 693 600 86.6 75.0 11.6 88.1
3 Russia (W) Russia (W) 75.0 8 6 2 619 559 77.4 69.9 7.5 80.5
4 Australia (W) Australia (W) 62.5 8 5 3 580 538 72.5 67.3 5.2 74.0
5 Ukraine (W) Ukraine (W) 50.0 8 4 4 529 555 66.1 69.4 -3.3 33.9
6 China (W) China (W) 42.9 7 3 4 523 516 74.7 73.7 1.0 54.7
7 Korea (W) Korea (W) 42.9 7 3 4 506 553 72.3 79.0 -6.7 22.5
8 Italy (W) Italy (W) 37.5 8 3 5 519 527 64.9 65.9 -1.0 44.7
9 Japan (W) Japan (W) 37.5 8 3 5 608 653 76.0 81.6 -5.6 27.0
10 Cuba (W) Cuba (W) 37.5 8 3 5 586 639 73.3 79.9 -6.6 23.1
11 Canada (W) Canada (W) 14.3 7 1 6 460 486 65.7 69.4 -3.7 31.8
12 DR Congo (W) DR Congo (W) 0.0 7 0 7 400 626 57.1 89.4 -32.3 0.2

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.