Get ESPN NBA Event Play Detail (Single Play) — espn_nba_game_play • hoopR

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_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.

See also

Other ESPN NBA Functions: espn_nba_athletes_index(), espn_nba_award(), espn_nba_betting(), espn_nba_calendar(), espn_nba_coach(), espn_nba_coach_record(), espn_nba_coach_season(), espn_nba_coaches(), espn_nba_conferences(), espn_nba_draft(), espn_nba_draft_athlete_detail(), espn_nba_draft_athletes(), espn_nba_draft_pick(), espn_nba_draft_rounds(), espn_nba_draft_status(), espn_nba_franchise(), espn_nba_franchises(), espn_nba_freeagents(), espn_nba_futures(), espn_nba_game_all(), espn_nba_game_broadcasts(), espn_nba_game_odds(), espn_nba_game_official_detail(), espn_nba_game_officials(), espn_nba_game_play_personnel(), espn_nba_game_player_box(), espn_nba_game_powerindex(), espn_nba_game_predictor(), espn_nba_game_probabilities(), espn_nba_game_propbets(), espn_nba_game_rosters(), espn_nba_game_situation(), espn_nba_game_team_leaders(), espn_nba_game_team_linescores(), espn_nba_game_team_records(), espn_nba_game_team_roster(), espn_nba_game_team_roster_entry(), espn_nba_game_team_score(), espn_nba_game_team_statistics(), espn_nba_injuries(), espn_nba_leaders(), espn_nba_news(), espn_nba_pbp(), espn_nba_player_awards(), espn_nba_player_box(), espn_nba_player_career_stats(), espn_nba_player_contract(), espn_nba_player_contracts(), espn_nba_player_eventlog(), espn_nba_player_eventlog_v2(), espn_nba_player_gamelog(), espn_nba_player_info(), espn_nba_player_overview(), espn_nba_player_seasons(), espn_nba_player_splits(), espn_nba_player_statisticslog(), espn_nba_player_stats(), espn_nba_player_stats_v3(), espn_nba_position(), espn_nba_positions(), espn_nba_powerindex(), espn_nba_scoreboard(), espn_nba_season_awards(), espn_nba_season_draft(), espn_nba_season_group(), espn_nba_season_group_children(), espn_nba_season_group_teams(), espn_nba_season_groups(), espn_nba_season_info(), espn_nba_season_leaders(), espn_nba_season_ranking(), espn_nba_season_rankings(), espn_nba_season_type(), espn_nba_season_types(), espn_nba_season_week(), espn_nba_season_weeks(), espn_nba_seasons(), espn_nba_standings(), espn_nba_team(), espn_nba_team_box(), espn_nba_team_current_roster(), espn_nba_team_depthchart(), espn_nba_team_injuries(), espn_nba_team_leaders(), espn_nba_team_news(), espn_nba_team_odds_records(), espn_nba_team_record(), espn_nba_team_record_detail(), espn_nba_team_roster(), espn_nba_team_schedule(), espn_nba_team_season_profile(), espn_nba_team_season_roster(), espn_nba_team_season_statistics(), espn_nba_team_stats(), espn_nba_teams(), espn_nba_tournament(), espn_nba_tournament_season(), espn_nba_tournament_seasons(), espn_nba_tournaments(), espn_nba_transactions(), espn_nba_venues(), espn_nba_week_ranking(), espn_nba_week_rankings(), espn_nba_wp()

Author

Saiem Gilani

Examples

# \donttest{
  espn_nba_game_play(event_id = 401283399, play_id = 4012833994)
#> ── ESPN NBA Event Play Detail ─────────────────────────────────── hoopR 3.1.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-06-04 12:20:39 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>
# }