Olympic games basketball (Olympics)

Standings for 1976-1977 season

Rk Team % Victory Gp Gw GL Pts+ Pts- Pts+ /g Pts- /g Diff Expected
Winning %
1 USA USA 100.0 7 7 0 604 500 86.3 71.4 14.9 93.3
2 Soviet Union Soviet Union 85.7 7 6 1 732 535 104.6 76.4 28.2 98.7
3 Italy Italy 71.4 7 5 2 544 491 77.7 70.1 7.6 80.6
4 Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 71.4 7 5 2 547 522 78.1 74.6 3.5 65.7
5 Cuba Cuba 57.1 7 4 3 616 574 88.0 82.0 6.0 72.8
6 Canada Canada 57.1 7 4 3 595 611 85.0 87.3 -2.3 40.9
7 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 42.9 7 3 4 584 580 83.4 82.9 0.5 52.4
8 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 42.9 7 3 4 541 538 77.3 76.9 0.4 51.9
9 Australia Australia 28.6 7 2 5 625 652 89.3 93.1 -3.8 35.7
10 Mexico Mexico 28.6 7 2 5 565 600 80.7 85.7 -5.0 30.2
11 Japan Japan 14.3 7 1 6 475 666 67.9 95.1 -27.2 0.9
12 Egypt Egypt 0.0 7 0 7 64 223 9.1 31.9 -22.8 0.0

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.