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Runs & Whistles: The Whistle Ledger

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An explorable archive of NBA games, referees, teams, players, coaches, fouls, and the patterns connecting them.

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For: Basketball fans investigating referee and team patterns
Worth noticing: It separates unusual results from whistle differences with league- and team-adjusted z-scores.

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The archive combines searchable game records with several comparison layers: referee versus league, team versus its own seasonal expectations, and player-referee pairings. It reports 29,043 NBA games with crew records, 81 officials, and 1,358 referee-team pairings. Its statistical framing explicitly marks two- and three-standard-deviation results, while the Scott Foster section tests a familiar officiating narrative against home wins, foul rates, and Chris Paul’s record.

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