Resumen de The History of Basketball Factors that Influence Perfomance Better. An Analysis Through 40 NBA Seasons.
The National Basketball Association (NBA) is considered the most competitive basketball league in the world. Numerous articles have analyzed the game through different perspectives to understand better the processes that lead being more competitive and successful. Our goal is to determine the game-related factors that influence professional NBA basketball teams’ achievement of positive results, improving understanding of the game’s complexity through the years.
We analyze the data for a total of 40 seasons, from 1979-1980 to 2018-2019, regular season and playoffs, into three groups through cluster analysis. These results are used later in discriminant analysis, distinguishing teams that reach at least the conference finals in playoffs to identify the performance profiles of the best teams.
The work helps us understand the evolution of the game through the indicators that have defined the successful performance of NBA teams during their history.
