Box Score History
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In an environment characterized by increasingly complex and inaccessible data, Box Score History seeks to provide compelling, data-driven analysis of NBA basketball using intuitive box score data.
Washington prevailed over the Magic last night despite taking and making fewer field goals. The key: more free throw attempts (+9) and especially greater efficiency from the line (+27.27 percentage points), resulting in 15 more free throws made.
January 7, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Washington prevailed over the Magic last night despite taking and making fewer field goals. The key: more free throw attempts (+9) and especially greater efficiency from the line (+27.27 percentage points), resulting in 15 more free throws made.
Charlotte took 16 fewer shots than OKC, largely because they turned the ball over 13 more times. This should have spelled disaster against the reigning champs, but the Hornets powered to an easy win with much better offensive efficiency from all over the court.
January 6, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Charlotte took 16 fewer shots than OKC, largely because they turned the ball over 13 more times. This should have spelled disaster against the reigning champs, but the Hornets powered to an easy win with much better offensive efficiency from all over the court.
Phoenix handed OKC its sixth loss of the year last night despite making more turnovers (+7) and being less efficient from both the field (-3.26 percentage points) and the free throw line (-17.06 percentage points). How did they do it? An important piece of the puzzle was making seven more threes.
January 5, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Phoenix handed OKC its sixth loss of the year last night despite making more turnovers (+7) and being less efficient from both the field (-3.26 percentage points) and the free throw line (-17.06 percentage points). How did they do it? An important piece of the puzzle was making seven more threes.
Review Team Graded Box Scores for all of yesterday's games here: open.substack.com/pub/boxscore...
January 3rd, 2026: Team Graded Box Scores
This post includes Team Graded Box Scores for each of the 8 NBA games played on January 3rd, 2026.
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January 4, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Review Team Graded Box Scores for all of yesterday's games here: open.substack.com/pub/boxscore...
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Final:
Rockets 104
Mavericks 110
Rockets 104
Mavericks 110
January 4, 2026 at 3:51 AM
Final:
Rockets 104
Mavericks 110
Rockets 104
Mavericks 110
The Memphis Grizzlies attempted 19 more field goals than the Lakers yesterday, which is generally an excellent recipe for winning. However, they were much less efficient with those shots, and the Lakers maintained a big advantage in made free throws (+12). #NBA
January 3, 2026 at 6:46 PM
The Memphis Grizzlies attempted 19 more field goals than the Lakers yesterday, which is generally an excellent recipe for winning. However, they were much less efficient with those shots, and the Lakers maintained a big advantage in made free throws (+12). #NBA
Introducing Box Score History's Team Graded Box Scores, which provide quick, intuitive looks at how NBA winners win games. Read more about how they are created at open.substack.com/pub/boxscore....
The underlying data used to produce these box scores come from Basketball Reference.
The underlying data used to produce these box scores come from Basketball Reference.
Team Graded Box Scores
Breaking Down How NBA Winners Won
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January 2, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Introducing Box Score History's Team Graded Box Scores, which provide quick, intuitive looks at how NBA winners win games. Read more about how they are created at open.substack.com/pub/boxscore....
The underlying data used to produce these box scores come from Basketball Reference.
The underlying data used to produce these box scores come from Basketball Reference.