PARAMETERS: The NBA's Game ID, 0021400001, is a 10-digit code: XXXYYGGGGG, where XXX refers to a season prefix, YY is the season year (e.g. 14 for 2014-15), and GGGGG refers to the game number (1-1230 for a full 30-team regular season).

season prefixes: 001 preseason, 002 regular season, 003 all star, 004 post season.

EXPECTING VALUE JSON DECODE ERROR - means that something you inputted was null, so it couldn't get a response from the nba api.

FINDING GAMES - used in videoPBP

https://github.com/swar/nba_api/blob/master/docs/examples/Finding%20Games.ipynb

PLAY BY PLAY DATA Event num - a count of events approximately, but goes above indices. EVENTMSGTYPE - says what TYPE of action happens

1- shot make 2- shot miss 3- free throw 4 - rebound. 5- turnover 6 - foul 7- tecch???? 8- substitution 9-timeout 10 - beginning of game? 11 - end of game? 12 - start of period. 13 - end of period. 18 -support ruling

EVENTMSGACTIONTYPE: 0 - when a rebound or something. 79(with 1 three pointer) goes in. 1 - with 1 shot attempt - went in 1- also a bad pass turnover/steal. 5 - layup went in. 12 - free throw second 29 - shooting block foul with 6. 87 - dunk 0 - substitution. 1- midrange miss 1- short miss. 2 - shooting foul 79 - pull up ump shot goes in. always 0 for substitution 97 tip layup shot. 57 - driving hook shot. 72 miss putback layup. 1- miss jump shot.

stats.nba.com/stats/{endpoint}/?{params}