Despite its consistency relative to the other major sports, the NBA is still affected by random variation. Which teams have been impacted by this the most?
One of the great things about using stats to analyze the NBA is that things are fairly stable.
Sure, upsets and surprises happen all the time, but in the long run, , and good teams tend to win more often.
Each NBA game contains over 90 possessions, so sample sizes build up quickly, and crucially, there is not one killer, unpredictable variable in basketball like there is in other sports.