NBA introduces new stats in partnerships with Amazon Web Services

The NBA this week announced a new multi-year partnership with Amazon Web Services on Wednesday that includes “NBA Inside the Game,” a new basketball intelligence platform fueled by AI.

The platform, built on AWS’ AI infrastructure alongside billions of data points, will enable new statistics such as “Defensive Box Score,” which uses AI to assign responsibility and measure individual defensive impact.

There is also “Expected Field Goal %,” which calculates the likelihood of a shot going in based on positioning, pressure, and other variables.

“Gravity” quantifies how much defensive attention a player attracts and the space they create for teammates even without the ball.

The new stats will show up across the NBA app, NBA.com, social channels, and during NBA on Prime broadcasts.