Olympic games basketball (Olympics)

Standings for 1988-1989 season

Rk Team % Victory Gp Gw GL Pts+ Pts- Pts+ /g Pts- /g Diff Expected
Winning %
1 USA USA 87.5 8 7 1 728 490 91.0 61.3 29.7 99.6
2 Soviet Union Soviet Union 87.5 8 7 1 728 637 91.0 79.6 11.4 86.5
3 Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 75.0 8 6 2 717 603 89.6 75.4 14.2 91.7
4 Brazil Brazil 62.5 8 5 3 905 808 113.1 101.0 12.1 82.9
5 Spain Spain 50.0 8 4 4 741 696 92.6 87.0 5.6 70.5
6 Australia Australia 50.0 8 4 4 625 651 78.1 81.4 -3.3 36.2
7 Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 50.0 8 4 4 618 677 77.3 84.6 -7.3 22.0
8 Canada Canada 37.5 8 3 5 738 747 92.3 93.4 -1.1 45.8
9 South Korea South Korea 28.6 7 2 5 566 632 80.9 90.3 -9.4 17.7
10 China China 28.6 7 2 5 620 695 88.6 99.3 -10.7 17.0
11 Central African Rep. Central African Rep. 28.6 7 2 5 490 582 70.0 83.1 -13.1 8.4
12 Egypt Egypt 0.0 7 0 7 470 728 67.1 104.0 -36.9 0.2

Standings glossary

Stats abbreviations

  • Rk: rank
  • % Victory: number of win / number of games played
  • Gp: number of games played
  • Gw: number of games won
  • GL: number of games lost
  • Pts+: total number of points scored by the team
  • Pts-: total number of points scored by opposing teams
  • Pts+ /g: total number of points scored by the team per game
  • Pts- /g: total number of points scored by opposing teams per game
  • Diff: difference between points scored and received per game
  • Expected Winning %: through our basketball statistical database and the use of advanced stats, we are able to project a team’s win percentage which then allows us to project how many wins a team is expected to have. These projections are a unique way to understand whether a team has played better or worse than their record indicates.