Effective FG%
also: eFG% · effective field goal percentage
Field goal percentage with a made three counted as 1.5 makes, so a team that shoots threes is not undersold.
eFG% = (FGM + 0.5 x 3PM) / FGAPlain field goal percentage treats every make alike, but a three is worth half again as much as a two. A player who goes 4 of 10 on threes scores the same as one who goes 6 of 10 on twos, and eFG% puts those two lines on the same number.
It is one of the four factors, the four team numbers that explain most of the gap between winning and losing. It ignores free throws, which is the job of true shooting.
eFG% says nothing about shot quality. A high number can come from open looks or from a shooter making hard ones. Compare it with expected points per shot to tell which.
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