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Virtual basketball never sleeps: 43,000 NBA 2K games in numbers
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Virtual basketball never sleeps: 43,000 NBA 2K games in numbers

DEV Community: datascience·Bettrails Data Lab·about 13 hours ago
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There is a corner of esports most people have never looked at: eBasketball. Two professional players, one NBA 2K game, four short quarters, and then the next game starts a few minutes later. All day, every day.

We have been storing every result from three competitions since June: eSportsBattle NBA (NBA teams), eSportsBattle Euro (EuroLeague teams) and GG League. That's more than 43,000 games so far. Here is what they look like.

Three leagues, three different paces

GG League plays the most games by far, more than twice as many as the other two, and scores more than 20 points less per game than eSportsBattle NBA.

Half-time tells you a lot, but not everything

The side ahead at half-time wins most of the time: 82 % in both eSportsBattle leagues and 77 % in GG League. The size of the lead is what matters, though. With a 1 or 2 point lead at the break, that side only wins about 60 % of the time.…

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