1 Ben Cheng Adam Hsu Anderson Oei Hewit AP Statistics 30 September 2013 2011 2012 King of NBA Playoffs

s Kevin Durant and Lebron James, both considered the top players of the NBA, who is the better basketball player? We collected the data from ESPN and compared the points Kevin Durant and Lebron James scored during the first twenty games of the 2012 Playoffs. Kevin Durant Points 32 28 25 32 36 34 27 36 22 31 27 25 31 31 22 25 24 31 26 25 LeBron James Points 26 26 29 32 30 31 45 30 29 34 34 32 28 30 40 22 28 32 29 27

Kevin Durant Min Q1 Median Q3 Max 22 25 27.5 31.5 36

LeBron James 22 28 30 32 45

Kevin Durant 5 Number Summary: 22, 25, 27.5, 31.5, 36 Outliers: Above 31.5+1.5(31.5-25) =41.25 => No High Outliers : Below 25-1.5(31.5-25) =15.25 => No Low Outliers Range: 36-22 = 14 The graph is slightly skewed to the right, indicating that the median and IQR is a better measure of center and spread than mean and standard deviation. The bulk of points scored were between 25 and 31.5. LeBron James 5 Number Summary: 22, 28, 30, 32, 45 Outliers: Above 32+1.5(32-28) =38 => 2 High Outliers: 40, 45 Outliers: Below 28-1.5(32-28) = 22 => No Low Outliers Range: 45-22 = 23 The graph is moderately skewed to the right, indicating that the median and IQR is a better measure of center and spread than the mean and standard deviation. The bulk of the points scored were between 28 and 32.

Range = 45-22 = 23 n=20 n = 4 or 5

3 Points (Interval) 22 to < 26 26 to < 30 30 to < 34 34 to <38 38 to <42 42 to <46 Total Kevin Durant Frequency LeBron James Frequency 7 1 4 8 6 7 3 2 1 1 20 20

Kevin Durant
9 8 7 Frequency 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 22 to < 26 26 to < 30 30 to < 34 Points 34 to <38 38 to <42 42 to <46

LeBron James
9 8 7 Frequency 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 22 to < 26 26 to < 30 30 to < 34 Points 34 to <38 38 to <42 42 to <46

4 Both graphs are skewed to the right, with LeBron James having a longer tail to the right than Kevin Durants. Kevin Durants graph is bimodal while Lebron James is unimodal. Kevin Durants Point Average: (22+22+24+25+25+25+25+26+27+27+28+31+31+31+31+32+32+34+36+36)/20 =28.5 LeBron James Point Average: (22+26+26+27+28+28+29+29+29+30+30+30+31+32+32+32+34+34+40+45)/20 =30.7 Kevin Durants Point Average is 28.5 while LeBron James Point Average is 30.7. Kevin Durants Point Median is 27.5 while LeBron James Point Median is 30. This indicates that LeBron James did better than Kevin Durant during the 2012 Playoffs.

5 Citations Elias Sports Bureau. "Kevin Durant Game-by-Game Stats." Espn.go.com. N.p., n.d. Web. <http://espn.go.com/nba/player/gamelog/_/id/3202/year/2012/kevin-durant> Elias Sports Bureau. "LeBron James Game-by-Game Stats." Espn.go.com. N.p., n.d. Web. <http://espn.go.com/nba/player/gamelog/_/id/1966/year/2012/lebron-james>.