The raw data behind all nba predictions, including the story "The Complete History of the NBA" https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/complete-history-of-the-nba

nba_elo_latest

Format

An object of class spec_tbl_df (inherits from tbl_df, tbl, data.frame) with 1230 rows and 24 columns.

nba_elo_latest

A data frame with 1230 rows representing game played during the most current season of the NBA, and 24 variables:

date

Date

season

the season in which the game was played

neutral

True if the game was played on neutral territory, False if not

playoff

True if the game was played in a playoff, False if not

team1

name of first team

team2

name of second team

elo1_pre

Team 1 Elo rating before game

elo2_pre

Team 2 Elo rating before game

elo_prob1

Team 1's probability of winning based on Elo rating

elo_prob2

Team 2's probability of winning based on Elo rating

elo1_post

Team 1 Elo rating after the game

elo2_post

Team 2 Elo rating after the game

score1

the score of team 1

score2

the score of team 2