Olympic games (W) basketball (Olympics)

Standings for 2004-2005 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 0 672 482 84.0 60.3 23.7 99.0
2 Australia (W) Australia (W) 87.5 8 7 1 663 517 82.9 64.6 18.3 97.0
3 Russia (W) Russia (W) 75.0 8 6 2 592 510 74.0 63.8 10.2 88.8
4 Czech Republic (W) Czech Republic (W) 57.1 7 4 3 536 513 76.6 73.3 3.3 64.8
5 Spain (W) Spain (W) 57.1 7 4 3 499 480 71.3 68.6 2.7 63.2
6 Brazil (W) Brazil (W) 50.0 8 4 4 634 583 79.3 72.9 6.4 76.3
7 Greece (W) Greece (W) 42.9 7 3 4 512 577 73.1 82.4 -9.3 15.9
8 China (W) China (W) 33.3 6 2 4 442 469 73.7 78.2 -4.5 30.5
9 New Zealand (W) New Zealand (W) 28.6 7 2 5 459 595 65.6 85.0 -19.4 2.6
10 Nigeria (W) Nigeria (W) 16.7 6 1 5 403 486 67.2 81.0 -13.8 6.9
11 Japan (W) Japan (W) 16.7 6 1 5 444 567 74.0 94.5 -20.5 3.2
12 Korea (W) Korea (W) 0.0 6 0 6 384 461 64.0 76.8 -12.8 7.3

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.