Topic: Brian Skinner

Study suggests NBA shooters are playing too conservatively

China Post - 23 days ago
NBA coaches might not believe it the way some players fire so many shots, but a new study by a theoretical physicist from the University of...

The Difference Between Rocks and Minerals

Suite 101 - 508 days ago
Rocks and minerals are not the same, but they do come from the same material, which are the chemicals present here on Earth. The easiest analogy to use when describing the difference between rocks and minerals is an image of a brick ...

Basketball And The Theory of Networks

MIT Technology Review - 916 days ago
It's not hard to see how the game of basketball is like a network. Yet, that's exactly what Brian Skinner, a physicist at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, has done. For example, traffic patterns tend toward a Nash equilibrium ...

Skinner's season high leads Clippers over Kings

AP News - 1044 days ago
Skinner scores season-high 21, leads Clippers over Kings, 109-78Brian Skinner scored a season-high 21 points, Eric Gordon added 20, and the Los Angeles Clippers snapped a six-game losing streak with a 109-78 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Friday night.Baron Davis ...