Italy - LBA Serie A Playoffs basketball (ITA-1 PO)

Standings for 1997-1998 season

Rk Team % Victory Gp Gw GL Pts+ Pts- Pts+ /g Pts- /g Diff Expected
Winning %
1 Fortitudo Bologna Fortitudo Bologna 72.7 11 8 3 845 788 76.8 71.6 5.2 72.5
2 Virtus Segafredo Bologna Virtus Segafredo Bologna 69.2 13 9 4 978 912 75.2 70.2 5.0 72.5
3 Pallacanestro Varese Pallacanestro Varese 50.0 8 4 4 596 553 74.5 69.1 5.4 73.9
4 UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia UNAHOTELS Reggio Emilia 50.0 10 5 5 733 749 73.3 74.9 -1.6 42.5
5 Virtus Roma Virtus Roma 50.0 6 3 3 443 460 73.8 76.7 -2.9 37.2
6 NTS Informatica Rimini NTS Informatica Rimini 50.0 6 3 3 414 470 69.0 78.3 -9.3 14.6
7 Benetton Treviso Benetton Treviso 40.0 5 2 3 364 355 72.8 71.0 1.8 58.6
8 Acqua S.Bernardo Cantù Acqua S.Bernardo Cantù 33.3 3 1 2 216 218 72.0 72.7 -0.7 46.8
9 OnSharing Siena OnSharing Siena 33.3 6 2 4 419 464 69.8 77.3 -7.5 19.5
10 EA7 Emporio Armani Milan EA7 Emporio Armani Milan 0.0 2 0 2 155 163 77.5 81.5 -4.0 33.2
11 Tezenis Verona Tezenis Verona 0.0 2 0 2 146 158 73.0 79.0 -6.0 25.0
12 Estra Pistoia Estra Pistoia 0.0 2 0 2 151 170 75.5 85.0 -9.5 16.1

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.