| （School of Physical Education，South China Normal University，Guangzhou 510006，China) Abstract: The authors applied Spearman’s two column rank correlation analysis method to calculate the correla-tions between rankings listed for and techniques used in men’s basketball games played in the 30th London Olympic Games, used top 12 indexes arranged in the order of such correlation coefficients to compare the differences be-tween strong, medium and weak teams in order to verify various factors for winning, and therefore drew the fol-lowing conclusions: rankings were closely related to assists, 2-pointers, average points per game, misses and defen-sive rebounds; it can be known from index differences that ordinary factors for strong teams to win weak teams in group games were stronger individual offense ability, teamwork ability, defense aggressiveness and 3-point shooting ability; important factors for strong teams to win in elimination games were defense ability stronger than their op-ponents, stronger contest ability during offense, capability to make their opponents foul more and strong un-der-basket offense ability; competitions between strong teams were competitions of 3-pointers, rebounds, penalty shots and assists; core factors for strong teams to win were steady long shot technique, super strong individual of-fense ability, rebound snatching ability and inside scoring ability.
Key words: competition and training；competitive basketball；core factors for winning；men’s basketball；the 30th Olympic Games |
