Post by eric on Jan 13, 2016 13:36:52 GMT -6
The software can play games at home, away, or (in exhibition mode) neutral. I made two identical teams and simmed 80 seasons' worth of games between them under each of the three modes, and here are the differences of home team minus away team:
Home court advantage factors into almost everything.
-Rebounds and probably offensive rebounds (hence the extra possessions).
-Probably assists and passing efficiency in general.
-Defense as far as steals and blocks go.
-Shooting efficiency from all areas: ones, twos, and threes.
The one surprise to me was personal fouls, where there was still a huge disparity between one team and the other, and consequently one team had a sharp advantage in free throw rate. The foul gap wasn't as big as the home/away fixtures, and it is often claimed as an area that home teams get benefits so it would make sense to code it in.
The grand total is about 4 points per game, which is a little higher than but close to the real life gap.
REB 7873 8608 139
AST 3596 4403 -1957
STL 742 1315 91
BLK 1826 875 203
PF -21104 -22780 -12387
TOV -1906 -3321 -69
PTS 24880 29532 5406
FG% 0.01 0.01 0.00
3P% 0.02 0.02 0.00
FT% 0.01 0.01 0.00
PT/TS 0.03 0.04 0.01
POSS 4761 4832 1529
FGr -0.02 -0.02 -0.02
3Pr 0.00 0.00 0.00
FTr 0.02 0.03 0.03
TOr 0.00 -0.01 0.00
AS/TO 0.06 0.08 -0.03
PTS/g 3.75 4.46 1.43Home court advantage factors into almost everything.
-Rebounds and probably offensive rebounds (hence the extra possessions).
-Probably assists and passing efficiency in general.
-Defense as far as steals and blocks go.
-Shooting efficiency from all areas: ones, twos, and threes.
The one surprise to me was personal fouls, where there was still a huge disparity between one team and the other, and consequently one team had a sharp advantage in free throw rate. The foul gap wasn't as big as the home/away fixtures, and it is often claimed as an area that home teams get benefits so it would make sense to code it in.
The grand total is about 4 points per game, which is a little higher than but close to the real life gap.
