There are two primary reasons why the MP will not total 40 for a game:

1. A filter, such as qualifying minutes played, has been applied which will hide all units that didn't meet the criteria minimum
2. One or more units did not have 5 players.  These can be identified on the home screen as well as the unit audit report

OER stands for Offensive Efficiency Ratio.  Its counterpart is DER Defensive Efficiency Ratio.  In multiple reports these two values are subtracted which returns the net difference between two teams.  The formulas are as follows:

OER = Points / ((FG2A + FG3A) + ((FTA * .9)/2) + Turnovers)

DER = Opp Points / ((Opp FG2A + Opp FG3A) + ((Opp FTA * .9)/2) + Opp Turnovers)

NET OER = OER - DER

ORP stands for Offensive Rebounding Percentage.  Its counterpart is DRP Defensive Rebounding Percentage.  In multiple reports these two values are subtracted which returns the net difference between two teams.  The formulas are as follows:

ORP = Off Reb / (Off Reb + Opp Def Reb)

DRP = Def Reb / (Def Reb + Opp Off Reb)

Opp ORP = Opp Off Reb / (Opp Off Reb + Def Reb)

Opp DRP = Opp Def Reb / (Opp Def Reb + Off Reb)

ORP - Opp = ORP - Opp ORP

DRP - Opp = DRP - Opp DRP

The effective shooting percentage normalize the increased difficulty of a 3 point shot versus a 2 point shot.  Two players that shoot 5-10 from the field have a FG Pct of .500.  However, if one player attempted all 3 point shots his effective FG Pct would be increased to .750.

The formula is as follows:

SUM(FG2) + (FG3 * 1.5) / (FG2A + FG3A)

StatsAnimal.com recommends the following steps to accurate data:

1. The statistician uploads the play by play XML file at the end of the game.  Simply log on, click Upload (1), browse to your file (2), and click Upload (3)

2. When finished, click on StatsAnimal.com (4) to go to the home page            

3. Verify the game loaded and it contains no Unit or Player errors.

4. If errors exist, additional detail about the errors can be found by running the audit reports.  Please see the FAQ's for more information on unit errors and player errors.  Correct the errors and import again.

It is a simple process to invite others.  Start by Clicking on My Users from the main menu.

Click on the Invite Users button below

Set the capabilities for this user

Click "Email Invitation"

Finally, send the auto-generated email so they join your client record.  In this case, Outlook opened.

The percentage of a team's possessions in which the team scores at least 1 point.

The percentage of a team's possessions in which they score a field goal.

This answers the question of how probable a team will score if no foul is called. 

The percentage of a team's plays in which the team scores a minimum of one point.  A play = a possession unless an offensive rebound occurs, then it would be two or more plays within one posession.

The following is a sample from the Unit Audit report listed on the Analysis page.  This shows units that did not have 5 players on the court.  Typically, you can focus only on correcting your team's issues.  Issues that are only a few seconds long are not very important but sometimes incomplete units can span many minutes and should be corrected.

To correct Unit and player minutes in the XML, follow these steps:

1. Locate the gameID.sub file for the game in the games directory
2. Make a backup of this file in case you need to revert to the original data
3. Open the gameID.sub with Notepad
4. The format of each line in the .sub file is:

Period – 1 character (example 1 for 1st period)
Clock Time – 5 characters (example 16:05)
Home or Visitor – 1 character (example H or V)
Uniform Number – 2 characters (example 24)
Substitution Type – 1 character (example I for in or O for Out)

Fully described: 116:05H24I is a sub during the first period at 16:05, for home team player number 24, and player went in the game.

Any desired changes should be entered and saved and then regenerate the XML.