NBA
Playoff Scaling: Which Regular-Season NBA Numbers Survive May
Playoff scaling — which regular-season numbers survive May, which collapse, and how to read postseason performance through structural translation rather than narrative inflation.
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Marcus Whitfield
Marcus Whitfield is the SportsHighLight NFL beat lead and Methods desk lead. He has been writing about football analytics for the better part of a decade and signs off on any piece that uses an advanced metric like EPA, CPOE, success rate, or pressure-adjusted EPA. Covers route concepts, coverage charts, and the gap between what a play looked like and what it actually did.
WNBA
WNBA Salary Cap and Performance: The Math of the New CBA
WNBA salary cap and on-court performance — what the math actually shows, how the new CBA changes the picture, where the cap still creates...
WNBA
Reading the Women NCAA Tournament Through Analytics
The Women NCAA Tournament has, across the last five years, become the cleanest case study in sports of an analytical…
WNBA
Spacing, Pace and the New Shot Map of the WNBA
A WNBA broadcast in 2016 typically led with field goal percentage, rebounds, and assists. The shot chart, if it appeared,…
WNBA
The Usage Trap in the WNBA: Volume, Efficiency and Role Inflation
A wing player on a struggling WNBA team posts a 28% usage rate while averaging 19 points per game. The…
WNBA
WNBA Off-Season Roster Construction Through the Analytical Lens
The WNBA off-season produces a familiar set of decisions. Free-agent signings, draft picks, roster cuts, and trade-deadline maneuvers all compress…
NBA
All-Star Voting and What Analytics Actually Wants From Player Evaluation
Every February, NBA All-Star voting produces a familiar two-act argument. Act one is the fan vote, which rewards popularity, market…
NBA
NBA Christmas Day 2025: What the Five Marquee Games Actually Project
Knicks-Bucks, Spurs-Knicks (Wemby), Lakers-Heat (LeBron), Nuggets-76ers, Mavs-Warriors prime-time. Two close games, three blowouts is the historical pattern.
WNBA
WNBA Finals 2025: How the Champion’s Run Looked Through Analytics
A’ja Wilson stepped to the free-throw line with 23 seconds left in Game 4 at Mortgage Matchup Center, the Aces…
WNBA
WNBA All-Star 2025: Team Clark vs Team Collier and the New Star Era
Napheesa Collier scored 36 points on 13-of-16 shooting in the 2025 WNBA All-Star Game in Indianapolis, the most-points-ever performance in…