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2026-05-29 08:02:29 UTC · anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5

Prompt

Briefly explain true shooting percentage and one common misconception about it.
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Generation

# True Shooting Percentage (TS%) **What it is:** True Shooting Percentage measures a player's shooting efficiency while accounting for all scoring methods: field goals, 3-pointers, and free throws. The formula is: TS% = Points / (2 × TSA) where TSA (True Shooting Attempts) = FGA + 0.44 × FTA A TS% of 55% is roughly league average, with 60%+ being excellent. ## Common Misconception **"TS% tells you who the best shooter is"** TS% measures *scoring efficiency*, not pure shooting skill. A player who gets to the free throw line frequently or takes many shots at the rim can have a high TS% without being a great jump shooter. For example, a center who only dunks and makes free throws might have a 65% TS%, while a volume three-point shooter with elite shooting touch might have 58% TS%. The metric doesn't distinguish between shot difficulty, shot creation ability, or shooting range—it simply tells you how efficiently a player converts their scoring opportunities into points.
21 tokens in · 252 tokens out · 7849 ms · $0.0038

The four gates

RED
pass
no disqualifying input patterns detected
FLOOR
pass
output above protective minimum; no mismatches
WAY
pass
no declared way_path (Way check NA); no coercion language
EXECUTION
deferred
no witnesses available (Witness Roll not yet constituted)

Verifier results

scripture_anchors NOT_APPLICABLE
0 Scripture citation(s) extracted
theology_doctrine NOT_APPLICABLE
no doctrine keyword patterns detected

Metrics

Total latency
7855.5 ms
Base LLM
7848.7 ms
Verifiers
0.3 ms
Gates
0.0 ms
Cost
$0.0038

Trail

08:02:29 received prompt_chars=79 verifiers=['scripture_anchors', 'theology_doctrine']
08:02:29 red_gate decision=pass reason=no disqualifying input patterns detected
08:02:37 base_llm_call model=anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5 tokens_in=21 tokens_out=252 latency_ms=7848.7 cost_usd=0.0038
08:02:37 verifier:scripture_anchors verdict=NOT_APPLICABLE summary=0 Scripture citation(s) extracted
08:02:37 verifier:theology_doctrine verdict=NOT_APPLICABLE summary=no doctrine keyword patterns detected
08:02:37 floor_gate decision=pass reason=output above protective minimum; no mismatches
08:02:37 way_gate decision=pass reason=no declared way_path (Way check NA); no coercion language
08:02:37 execution_gate decision=deferred reason=no witnesses available (Witness Roll not yet constituted)
08:02:37 signed hash_algo=sha256 hash=sha256:accde06cae38f467f39eaeeb731c329f38f2fe91b2c1a186b3991aaf03004f3c

Content hash

sha256:accde06cae38f467f39eaeeb731c329f38f2fe91b2c1a186b3991aaf03004f3c

SHA256 over the canonical JSON (excluding this field). Tamper detection. Ed25519 signing planned for v2 once the operator’s signing key is provisioned on disk.

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