TY - JOUR
AU1 - Jiménez, Juan Luis
AU2 - Valido, Jorge
AU3 - Jiménez, Marcos
AB - Do crowds affect professional basketball teams’ performance? Using results from matches played in the EuroLeague, EuroCup, and ACB (Spain) before, during, and after the COVID period (2014–2024) allows us to answer this question. Our estimations conclude that the probability of a team winning at home is 5.6% lower in the absence of a home crowd in ACB and 5.76% in the case of EuroLeague. Moreover, the difference between home points and away points is lower and the percentage home fouls versus away fouls is higher, but both results are only significant for ACB. Finally, the absence of spectators in the stands does not affect shooting percentages.
TI - The Effects of Crowds on Professional European Basketball Teams
JF - Journal of Sports Economics
DO - 10.1177/15270025241309831
DA - 2025-05-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/the-effects-of-crowds-on-professional-european-basketball-teams-UTw3ikyOiN
SP - 377
EP - 396
VL - 26
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -