Selfish play increases during high-stakes NBA games and is rewarded with more lucrative contracts.

PLoS One · 2014 · PMC3999039 · PMID 24763384

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highly significantp <.001actually significant

This test confirmed that the ratio of assists per field goal made in the regular season ( M = .59) was higher than assists per field goal made in the playoffs ( M = .54), with the difference being highly significant, t (143) = 10.39, p <.001.

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marginally significantp = .08so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

In contrast, assists to team members had a marginally significant negative effect on subsequent salary, B = −6116.69, p = .08.

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failed to reach statistical significancep >.10so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

In the regular season a similar pattern of results emerged but failed to reach statistical significance, B = 36.99, p >.10.

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