NBA play-by-play in two lines

A full NBA season of play-by-play, then a quick look at the league's shot diet.

hoopR ships season-level NBA (and men's college basketball) play-by-play as prebuilt releases. Loading a season is two lines; from there it's ordinary dplyr.

nba_pbp.R

# install.packages("hoopR")
library(hoopR)
library(dplyr)
 
pbp <- load_nba_pbp(seasons = 2025)
 
# What does the league's shot diet look like?
pbp |>
  filter(shooting_play) |>
  count(type_text, sort = TRUE) |>
  head(10)

Every shooting play carries coordinate_x / coordinate_y, so this is also the raw material for shot charts. For college hoops, swap in load_mbb_pbp() — same shape, same columns.

Full docs: hoopR.sportsdataverse.org