The basic columns
DREB
What does DREB mean in basketball?
防守篮板Defensive rebounds
A board taken off the other team’s miss. It ends their possession, and is the action that actually finishes a defensive stop.
Also writtenDRB · DR · DEFUpdated 20 Aug 2026
Worked through
They miss from mid-range, you box out and collect it: their possession is over and yours has started.
What it leaves out
Most defensive rebounds are uncontested. The column reflects boxing out and where someone stands far more than how high they jump, and one player’s number moves with how the job is split around them.
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One term down, the whole sheet to go
The numbers on a sheet lean on each other. How many free throws appear depends on the team foul count; how many rebounds exist depends on how both teams shot. Reading a whole game means reading them together.