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- ↑ "NBA announces multiyear partnership with Sportradar and Second Spectrum". NBA.com: NBA Communications. 2016-09-22. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
- ↑ "Players Shooting Efficiency". NBA Stats. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
- ↑ "Teams Drives". NBA Stats. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
- ↑ "Nylon Calculus: How Second Spectrum is redesigning the NBA". FanSided. 2018-06-28. Retrieved 2019-06-13.
- ↑ stats.nba.com. "Player Tracking", Accessed 2 November 2013
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