20.500.12556/RUL-180271 Structural analysis of assists in top men`s basketball teams In basketball, an assist is defined as a pass that leads directly to a teammate scoring. Most studies to date have only considered assists as a statistical variable. We decided to take a closer look at the structure of assists using a sample of the top 16 European national teams participating in the 2022 European Championship. We used Synergy Sports technology to collect the data. In a total of 16 matches, 192 players made 640 assists. The data showed that point guards made 40.5% of all assists, while tall players received the most. Additionally, 57.3% of assists were given from the area above the free throw line and 24.3% from the paint. Assists on the move or off the dribble outnumbered assists while standing. Only slightly more than half (53.8%) of the assists were made with both hands, while there were clear differences between air and bounce passes (80.6% compared to 19.4%). The direct involvement of a third player in scoring a basket after an assist was only 12.5%. Surprisingly, winning teams made on average only one more assist than losing teams, which is probably due to the great equality of the competing teams. sport playing positions game statistics FIBA pass basketball šport igralne pozicije statistika tekem FIBA podaja košarka ekipni športi igre z žogo true false true Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2026-03-05 09:56:02 2026-03-05 09:56:04 2026-03-06 04:33:07 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2026 0 0 Str. 207-218 Vol. 100 2026 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 796.323 1899-7562 10.5114/jhk/201220 261497091 Structural-Analysis-of-As_(1).pdf Structural-Analysis-of-As_(1).pdf 1 30E06235DBF2306F562F0C45FA924DA9 708701c8f01c624af81a88fd811fc7689f652dd815810e3b2b82addf5b42b86c c5d63427-1871-11f1-a1ba-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=229460 https://jhk.termedia.pl/Structural-Analysis-of-Assists-in-Top-Mens-Basketball-Teams,201220,0,2.html 1 c5a522c7-1870-11f1-a1ba-0050569b8976 https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=229457 Fakulteta za šport 0 0 0