Discriminant analysis of game-related statistics between basketball guards, forwards and centres in three professional leagues

European Journal of Sport Science

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 173-178

  Sampaio, Jaime ^a   Janeira, Manuel ^b   Ibáñez, Sergio ^c   Lorenzo, Alberto ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Basketball; Discriminant analysis; Game statistics; Player position; Professional leagues

Indexed keywords

EID: 35948994911     PISSN: 17461391     EISSN: 15367290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17461390600676200     Document Type: Article

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