Olympic games basketball (Olympics)

Standings for 1996-1997 season

Rk Team % Victory Gp Gw GL Pts+ Pts- Pts+ /g Pts- /g Diff Expected
Winning %
1 USA USA 100.0 8 8 0 816 562 102.0 70.3 31.7 99.4
2 Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 87.5 8 7 1 741 578 92.6 72.3 20.3 96.9
3 Lithuania Lithuania 62.5 8 5 3 664 560 83.0 70.0 13.0 91.4
4 Australia Australia 62.5 8 5 3 712 690 89.0 86.3 2.7 60.7
5 Greece Greece 62.5 8 5 3 674 662 84.3 82.8 1.5 56.2
6 Argentina Argentina 57.1 7 4 3 535 552 76.4 78.9 -2.5 39.3
7 Croatia Croatia 50.0 8 4 4 666 624 83.3 78.0 5.3 71.2
8 Brazil Brazil 37.5 8 3 5 725 757 90.6 94.6 -4.0 35.4
9 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 28.6 7 2 5 600 619 85.7 88.4 -2.7 39.3
10 China China 25.0 8 2 6 581 844 72.6 105.5 -32.9 0.6
11 Angola Angola 14.3 7 1 6 446 516 63.7 73.7 -10.0 11.6
12 South Korea South Korea 0.0 7 0 7 562 758 80.3 108.3 -28.0 1.5

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.