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Explain team chemistry and plus-minus as you would to a capable student, in 3-4 sentences.

# Team Chemistry and Plus-Minus **Team chemistry** refers to how well players work together on the court—their ability to communicate, understand each other's tendencies, and complement each other's strengths and weaknesses. Good chemistry means players make each other better through unselfish play, trust, and cohesion. **Plus-minus** is a statistic that measures a player's impact by tracking the point differential while they're on the court—if your team outscores opponents by 12 points during your minutes, you're +12. While useful for capturing overall impact beyond traditional stats, it's heavily influenced by teammates and opponents, so it works best when evaluated over large sample sizes or adjusted for context.