How to Calculate Plus Minus (+/-) From NBA Play-By-Play Data Using Python

Have you ever wondered how NBA statisticians aggregate box scores from the play-by-plays after an NBA game? It’s easy enough summing up the values for each metric, but how does Plus Minus (+/-) get calculated?

Plus Minus (+/-) is a metric that defines a player’s impact on the game and it is calculated as the difference between their team’s…