How To Get and Plot NBA Shot Clock Data

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Howdy folks,

This week’s tutorial is going to show you how I made the following two charts:

But first, a table and some takeaways…

Forced shot clock violations are a team stat. But Harry Krinsky, co-host of Nothing But Respect, wondered what it would look like if I ranked defenders by how often they’re on the court when a shot clock violation occurs.

Shot clock violations aren’t all that common so I was skeptical this would reveal much. But to my surprise, I think this ranking passes the sniff test.