The basic columns
PTS
What does PTS mean in basketball?
得分Points
Points this player scored, free throws included. Two for a shot inside the arc, three for one behind it, one for a free throw, and nothing else.
Also writtenPUpdated 20 Aug 2026
How it is worked out
2 × 2PM + 3 × 3PM + FTM
Worked through
Six twos, two threes and seven free throws is 12 + 6 + 7 = 25 points. Every example in this dictionary’s shooting group works through that same night.
What it leaves out
Points say how many, never how expensive. Twenty on 22 attempts and twenty on 11 are different games, and TS% exists to tell them apart.
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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.