Get ESPN MBB Event Play Detail (Single Play)

Returns the rich detail block for a single MBB play: sequence, period, clock, text, scoring/shooting flags, current home/away score, team $ref, and shot coordinates if applicable. Complements the bulk espn_mbb_pbp() output by exposing the canonical core-v2 play record.

Returns the rich detail block for a single NBA play: sequence, period, clock, text, scoring/shooting flags, current home/away score, team $ref, and shot coordinates if applicable. Complements the bulk espn_nba_pbp() output by exposing the canonical core-v2 play record.

Usage

espn_mbb_game_play(event_id, play_id, ...)

espn_nba_game_play(event_id, play_id, ...)

Arguments

event_id: ESPN event identifier.
play_id: ESPN play identifier (visible in pbp() output as play_id or extractable from plays[].$ref).
...: Additional arguments; currently unused.

Value

A single-row tibble.

Other ESPN NBA Functions: espn_mbb_athletes_index(), espn_mbb_award(), espn_mbb_calendar(), espn_mbb_coach(), espn_mbb_coach_record(), espn_mbb_coach_season(), espn_mbb_coaches(), espn_mbb_conferences(), espn_mbb_franchise(), espn_mbb_franchises(), espn_mbb_futures(), espn_mbb_game_all(), espn_mbb_game_odds(), espn_mbb_game_official_detail(), espn_mbb_game_play_personnel(), espn_mbb_game_player_box(), espn_mbb_game_probabilities(), espn_mbb_game_propbets(), espn_mbb_game_team_linescores(), espn_mbb_game_team_roster_entry(), espn_mbb_injuries(), espn_mbb_leaders(), espn_mbb_news(), espn_mbb_player_awards(), espn_mbb_player_career_stats(), espn_mbb_player_eventlog_v2(), espn_mbb_player_info(), espn_mbb_player_overview(), espn_mbb_player_seasons(), espn_mbb_player_stats(), espn_mbb_position(), espn_mbb_positions(), espn_mbb_powerindex(), espn_mbb_scoreboard(), espn_mbb_season_awards(), espn_mbb_season_group(), espn_mbb_season_groups(), espn_mbb_season_info(), espn_mbb_season_leaders(), espn_mbb_season_ranking(), espn_mbb_season_rankings(), espn_mbb_season_type(), espn_mbb_season_types(), espn_mbb_season_week(), espn_mbb_season_weeks(), espn_mbb_seasons(), espn_mbb_standings(), espn_mbb_team(), espn_mbb_team_current_roster(), espn_mbb_team_injuries(), espn_mbb_team_news(), espn_mbb_team_odds_records(), espn_mbb_team_record(), espn_mbb_team_record_detail(), espn_mbb_team_schedule(), espn_mbb_team_season_roster(), espn_mbb_team_season_statistics(), espn_mbb_team_stats(), espn_mbb_teams(), espn_mbb_tournament(), espn_mbb_tournament_season(), espn_mbb_tournament_seasons(), espn_mbb_tournaments(), espn_mbb_venues(), espn_mbb_week_ranking(), espn_mbb_week_rankings(), espn_mbb_wp(), espn_nba_draft_pick(), espn_nba_freeagents(), espn_nba_player_contracts(), espn_nba_team_depthchart(), espn_nba_transactions()

Author

Saiem Gilani

Examples

# \donttest{
  espn_mbb_game_play(event_id = 401256760, play_id = 401256760101805901)
#> ✖ 2026-08-27 17:47:03.943113: Failed to retrieve ESPN mens-college-basketball event play detail for event_id=401256760, play_id=401256760101805888
#> ✖ Args: league = "mens-college-basketball", event_id = 401256760, play_id = 401256760101805888
#> ✖ Error: The API returned an error
#> ── ESPN MENS-COLLEGE-BASKETBALL Event Play Detail ─────────────── hoopR 3.1.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-08-27 17:47:03 UTC
#> # A tibble: 0 × 0
# }
# \donttest{
  espn_nba_game_play(event_id = 401283399, play_id = 4012833994)
#> ── ESPN NBA Event Play Detail ─────────────────────────────────── hoopR 3.1.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-08-27 17:47:03 UTC
#> # A tibble: 1 × 19
#>   league event_id  play_id    sequence_number type_id type_text text  short_text
#>   <chr>  <chr>     <chr>      <chr>           <chr>   <chr>     <chr> <chr>     
#> 1 nba    401283399 4012833994 4               615     Jumpball  Isai… NA        
#> # ℹ 11 more variables: period <int>, clock <chr>, scoring_play <lgl>,
#> #   score_value <dbl>, away_score <int>, home_score <int>, shooting_play <lgl>,
#> #   coordinate_x <dbl>, coordinate_y <dbl>, team_ref <chr>, wallclock <chr>
# }

Usage

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Value

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