Table 2
Descriptive results and univariate differences in close, balanced, and unbalanced games from the European Championships. Values are means (±SD) and were normalized to game ball possessions and multiplied by 100.
Close Games
Balanced Games
Unbalanced Games
Winners
Losers
Winners
Losers
Winners
Losers
2-pt field-goals
Successful
#
†
27.5 (5.4)
26.4 (4.8)
30.6 (6.6)
23.8 (5.7)
36.1 (5.5)
18.5 (6.1)
Unsuccessful
#
†
32.5 (8.8)
32.0 (8.2)
29.1 (7.9)
34.1 (7.4)
26.8 (6.8)
34.8 (11.5)
%2
46.6 (8.4)
44.9 (6.9)
51.7 (6.4)
43.2 (8.9)
57.5 (5.4)
40.0 (8.3)
3-pt field-goals
Successful
7.5 (3.3)
6.5 (3.3)
6.6 (3.3)
6.2 (4.1)
6.3 (2.8)
4.4 (2.5)
Unsuccessful
16.9 (6.2)
17.0 (6.6)
14.4 (5.1)
16.3 (6.6)
13.7 (3.9)
15.0 (4.1)
%3
46.6 (8.4)
24.2 (9.8)
28.7 (12.9)
29.6 (9.7)
28.1 (10.1)
18.6 (7.3)
Free-throws
Successful
#
17.4 (7.7)
16.0 (7.2)
19.5 (7.8)
13.4 (7.7)
18.1 (6.1)
13.5 (5.8)
Unsuccessful
10.8 (4.6)
9.5 (4.6)
11.7 (5.5)
10.2 (5.4)
11.1 (5.7)
12.3 (8.3)
%1
51.7 (14.8)
54.0 (17.1)
63.6 (9.2)
50.6 (17.6)
65.6 (12.3)
54.5 (15.2)
Rebounds
Defensive rebounds
#
†
32.1 (6.2)
32.1 (5.8)
34.9 (6.6)
28.1 (5.1)
33.2 (8.1)
25.2 (8.4)
Offensive rebounds
#
15.7 (5.8)
15.8 (6.1)
15.8 (5.7)
13.5 (5.0)
16.7 (4.3)
14.9 (6.3)
Offensive efficiency
91.3 (8.5)
82.8 (9.6)
98.3 (10.2)
78.8 (9.2)
109.4 (9.5)
73.5 88.2)
Defensive efficiency
91.5 (9.4)
82.1 (8.7)
98.2 (9.2)
76.6 (9.1)
107.0 (9.9)
70.9 (9.7)
Assists
*
#
†
13.1 (5.2)
10.9 (5.2)
13.8 (4.7)
9.7 (4.8)
17.2 (5.4)
7.7 (3.7)
Steals
#
†
13.6 (4.7)
12.2 (4.3)
14.7 (4.9)
12.2 (4.3)
17.4 (6.1)
12.2 (4.6)
Turnovers
*
†
20.1 (5.5)
23.5 (6.2)
22.3 (5.1)
23.7 (6.9)
21.9 (4.8)
31.5 (6.1)
Blocks
#
4.4 (3.1)
4.2 (2.9)
5.2 (3.6)
3.7 (2.8)
7.1 (4.2)
3.9 (3.7)
Fouls
#
25.4 (5.6)
27.1 (6.3)
25.2 (6.4)
28.5 (6.9)
22.4 (6.2)
26.2 (5.9)
* p ≤ 0.05 in close games
# p ≤ 0.05 in balanced games
† p ≤ 0.05 in unbalanced games.