Table 1.  Descriptive statistics and effects of game, game outcome and interaction of the game-related statistics in the under-20 league.
Game number
Game 1
Game 2
Game 3
Outcome
Winners
Losers
Winners
Losers
Winners
Losers
Variable
M
SD
M
SD
M
SD
M
SD
M
SD
M
SD
2-pt field goal made (GO)
37.48
 7.80
29.69
7.71
37.38
8.63
29.99
6.40
38.74
7.50
30.56
7.36
2-pt field goals missed (GO)
36.51
 10.73
40.24
10.83
36.46
10.76
41.22
9.95
37.88
9.53
41.20
10.18
3-pt field goal made (GO)
10.18
 4.19
7.95
3.93
9.10
4.20
7.29
3.58
10.34
4.28
7.47
3.71
3-pt field goals missed
19.86
 6.41
20.31
5.65
20.09
5.77
21.49
6.15
20.30
6.68
21.61
7.26
Free throw made (GO)
21.53
11.45
17.85
9.70
21.54
10.47
18.95
11.58
24.92
13.73
18.52
10.42
Free throws missed
13.06
8.17
12.34
7.47
11.82
8.45
13.19
9.77
13.13
7.90
11.16
6.00
Defensive rebounds (GO)
26.15
5.62
21.59
5.39
26.41
4.70
22.00
5.13
26.18
5.28
21.36
4.01
Offensive rebounds (GO)
19.79
7.71
17.24
7.87
18.97
7.07
18.55
6.39
20.28
8.13
17.35
8.32
Assists (GO)
18.95
8.50
13.04
6.15
19.05
7.16
13.33
6.46
19.95
7.26
14.07
6.96
Steals (GO)
19.48
7.17
15.94
6.00
18.60
7.45
15.80
4.88
18.46
9.44
14.89
6.14
Turnovers (GN, game 2 vs. 3)
30.04
7.27
31.13
7.64
29.36
8.96
31.52
8.75
28.33
8.19
28.35
7.71
Blocks made (GO)
5.84
4.79
4.82
3.38
5.43
3.62
4.48
3.26
6.40
4.02
4.25
3.45
Blocks received (GO)
4.67
3.30
5.60
4.63
4.42
3.56
5.48
3.70
4.62
4.39
6.12
4.06
Fouls committed (GO)
31.98
8.06
32.81
9.39
31.18
9.54
33.69
9.49
32.13
9.61
33.47
8.34
Fouls received (GO)
34.21
12.02
31.55
10.06
33.29
11.33
32.13
13.28
35.81
13.29
30.68
9.11
Offensive Rating (GO)
127.86
25.63
101.13
24.95
123.52
22.42
100.72
20.59
133.32
27.47
102.10
23.81
Defensive Rating (GO)
103.40
23.32
123.61
27.12
105.07
21.90
119.75
25.90
108.01
27.75
126.12
21.24
(GO) statistical significant effect of game outcome; (GN) statistical significant effect of game number, the numbers identify post-hoc pair differences between games 1, 2 or 3.