Frequently asked questions for Global Basketball v2
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Coverage
What leagues or tournaments do you cover for basketball?
You can find all the leagues we cover, as well as a breakdown of data offered, via our Coverage Matrix.
How do I find out the coverage for a particular match?
Find the node called coverage
in any of the Summary, Lineups, or Timeline feeds. The attribute coverage.live
reports if Sportradar has live coverage of the match or not.
Properties within the coverage
node denotes specific coverage properties, and displays a boolean value if the coverage type is available. A list of possible properties and their definitions are listed below:
boxscore
- Player statistics are available post-match.lineups
- Lineups are available, with starting players, pre-match.match_clock
- A running match clock is available.stats_leaders
- Live statistics leaders are available.leader_points
,leader_assists
,leader_rebounds
.time_played_minutes_and_seconds
- Player statistic for minutes is available in minutes and seconds.time_played_minutes_only
- Player statistic for minutes is available however only in minutes.
Why do different groups have coverage information for a competition?
The notion of “groups” is versatile and is used to distinguish between playoffs, and our competition structures and is therefore necessary to describe coverage at a group level for consistency. Generally, however, within a competition in Basketball, there will be no difference between competition coverage.
How are “Live” endpoints handled in the API?
Sport Events appear in the feed 10 minutes before the scheduled start time and are removed 10 minutes after the Sport Event is ended. Live endpoints include: Live Summaries, Live Timelines, and Live Timelines Delta.
How will a sport event behave when it is not covered with live scores?
When a sport_event
is not covered live, the status
and match_status
will remain as not_started
until results are entered post-match.
<sport_event_status status="not_started" match_status="not_started"/>
Do you provide fixtures for future matches, before the competitors are known?
For playoff phase matches in select leagues*, we provide fixtures before the competitors are known. These matches will be created with placeholder competitors. When the fixture is fully drawn the correct competitors will overwrite the placeholder names, with the match ID remaining the same.
Regarding the competitor placeholder names, we look to follow official naming where possible. This does mean that some differences will apply across competitions.
*\Select leagues listed below:
- Euroleague
- Eurocup
- Pro A
- Liga ACB
- BBL
- TBSL
- United League
- A1
- Liga ABA
- NBL
- Israel Super League
- CBA
Integration
How can I find the values for various enum data points within the API?
Many enum values are listed in the FAQ below. For the most up-to-date values, please see the Schema
section of the OpenAPI specification here.
What format are date fields presented in?
When we present date only values we present these in the ISO 8601 standard format.
ex: 2013-04-03
We use these for attributes that have date and no time (such as birthdate). For more information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601
What format are the date/time fields presented in?
All of our Date/Time attributes are in UTC, presented in the ISO 8601 standard format.
ex: 2013-04-03T18:15:00+00:00
For more information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601
How do I locate the TTL (Time to Live)/cache on an API endpoint?
The cache (in seconds) can be accessed in the returned header information on each RESTful API call, under cache-control
.
ex. cache-control: max-age=1, public, s-maxage=1
or
cache-control: public, must-revalidate, max-age=120
Sport Event Statuses
What are the valid sport_event_status
- status
values?
sport_event_status
- status
values?not_started
– The game is scheduled to be playedstarted
– The game has begunlive
– The game is currently in progresspostponed
– The game has been postponed to a future datesuspended
- The game began, but has been suspended to a later timematch_about_to_start
– The game is about to begindelayed
– The game has been temporarily delayed and will be continuedinterrupted
- The game began, but coverage has stopped for a short time. Note that game scores may not be updated during this period, the last recorded game score will be displayed insteadcancelled
– The game has been cancelled and will not be playedended
– The game is overclosed
– The game results have been confirmed
What are the valid sport_event_status
– match_status
values?
sport_event_status
– match_status
values?1st_quarter
2nd_quarter
3rd_quarter
4th_quarter
1st_half
2nd_half
overtime
penalties
pause
awaiting_extra_time
awaiting_penalties
interrupted
not_started
aet
ended
postponed
cancelled
abandoned
start_delayed
started
Event Types
What are the possible event type values?
match_started
period_start
rebound
score_change
foul
ball_block
break_start
timeout
period_score
match_ended
attempt_missed
free_throws_awarded
steal
timeout_over
turnover
video_review
video_review_over
won_jump_ball
Pagination
Why can't I find a particular match in the Daily Summaries, Season Summaries or Sport Events Updated endpoints?
These endpoints support pagination and return 200 entries by default. To return more matches, an additional query string parameter must be used after your API key. For example, appending &start=200
will return the next 200 entries per page, &start=400
will return the next 200, and so on.
Probabilities
What is the probabilities package?
The probabilities package is an add-on set of feeds that are an extension of the Season Probabilities feed in the main package (which already provides pre-match probabilities for the sport event winner market).
The main features of the Probabilities extension are: Live Probabilities that update throughout game, Season Outright Probabilities for the Tournament Winner market, and Live Probabilities Coverage indicator for the next 24 hours.
Is there Live Probability coverage for every game in the Global Basketball API?
Live Probability coverage depends on a number of factors and we can’t guarantee that every game will be covered for any given league. However, Sportradar aims to cover close to 100% of games from the following Tier 1 league: National Basketball Association (NBA) – USA
Can I utilize the Probabilities extension if I license the Sportradar NBA API?
If you have a license for our NBA API you can also integrate Live Probabilities by utilizing the ID Mapping Feeds available in Global Basketball v2 to connect games between the two products.
What are markets and what are the different markets?
Markets is something you can bet on that we provide probabilities for. Over time we intend to provide more and more markets in the API. Currently the only market we provide is 2-way (will the home team win? Or the away team?).
What are the valid outcomes for probabilities?
home_team_winner
away_team_winner
Past Season Data
How do I access past seasons results and stats?
Use the Competition Seasons endpoint to locate the season_id
for the season you want to access. Use that season_id
to interrogate the various seasons endpoints.
Standings / Tournaments
What are the possible standings types I can observe in the Standings feed?
Listed below are the values for season_standing
– type
.
total
home
away
first_half_total
first_half_home
first_half_away
second_half_total
second_half_home
second_half_away
What are the possible values for cup_round
– state
in the Season Links feed?
cup_round
– state
in the Season Links feed?Listed below are the values and definitions for cup_round
- state
. These can be leveraged to determine the status of a cup round.
empty
- A matchup has been created but neither the match details nor the competitors are known.unseeded_fixture
- Match details are known but competitors are unknown.partial_seeded
- One competitor is known.partial_seeded_fixture
- Match details and one competitor are known.seeded
- Both competitors are known.seeded_fixture
- Match details and both competitors are known.unstarted
- Match(es) have been added.on_going
- The first match has started.decided
- The last match has ended.winner
- The winner is known.cancelled
– The matchup has been cancelled.
How are group IDs delivered in the stage array with the various types?
With the type of "league" they will have a sr:league
prefix.
With the type of "cup" they will have a sr:cup
prefix.
Court Dimensions
What is the scale of the X Y coordinates?
The court we use is 100 by 100.
More questions?
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