NBAhomeadvantage_final.jmp

NBA Team performance statistics were obtained for 32 regular seasons spanning most of the 3-point era (1983-84 to 2017-18). Preseason and playoff games were not included, nor were the 1998-99 and 2011-12 seasons which were shortened by lockouts. These data were downloaded directly from https://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/tgl_finder.cgi<i> </i>(select: search for cumulative season games matching criteria). Specific statistics available are: number of wins, number of losses, field goals made, field goal attempts, field goal percentage, two-point shots made, two-point shot attempts, two-point shot percentage, three-point shots made, three-point shot attempts, three-point shot percentage, free-throw shots made, free-throw shot attempts, free-throw shot percentage, and total points scored. Downloading data for both home and away games provides shooting statistics in four categories: season performance at home (hereafter Home), performance away (hereafter Away), opponent performance at home (hereafter Home<i> </i>Opp), and performance away (hereafter Away<i> </i>Opp). In addition to the team performance statistics, season attendance records were obtained for 18 seasons (2000-01 to 2017-18) from ESPN. These data were downloaded directly from http://www.espn.com/nba/attendance. Specific statistics available were: home team attendance, percent of stadium filled at home, away team attendance, and percent of stadiums filled away. To serve as a potential proxy for market size, metropolitan population data were downloaded for NBA cities for each decade (https://census.gov). NBA city elevations were found via <i>USGS</i> (https://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/Elevations-Distances/elvadist.html).