This data comes from: https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/dansbecker/nba-shot-logs

Variables and their types:

GAME_ID (ordinal): ID of Game

MATCHUP (categorical): What date the game occured along with who played

LOCATION (categorical): Whether the home or away team hosted the game

W (categorical): Whether the home team won or lost

FINAL_MARGIN (quantatative): Final Score difference

SHOT_NUMBER (quantatative): Number of the shot taken in the game

GAME_CLOCK (quantatative): Time on game clock when shot was taken

SHOT_CLOCK (quantatative): Time on shot clock when shot was taken

DRIBBLES (quantatative): Dribbles taken before shot

TOUCH_TIME (quantatative): Seconds the shooting player had the ball before shooting

SHOT_DIST (quantatative): Distance from the basket of shooter when shot was taken

PTS_TYPE (quantatative): Whether the shot was a 2 or 3 pointer

SHOT_RESULT (categorical): Whether the shot was made or missed

CLOSEST_DEFENDER (categorical): Name of closest defender

CLOSEST_DEFENDER_PLAYER_ID (categorical): ID of closest defender

CLOSE_DEF_DIST (quantatative): Defender's distance from shooter

FGM (categorical): Whether the shot was made or missed

PTS (quantatative): Number of points gained from the shot

player_name (categorical): name of player who shot

player_id (categorical): id of player who shot