Loads a pre-built per-season NBA schedule crosswalk that links
ESPN game identifiers to NBA.com game identifiers. The files are versioned
.rds snapshots stored in the nba_crosswalk release of the
sportsdataverse-data repository.
Usage
load_nba_schedule_crosswalk(seasons = most_recent_nba_season())Arguments
- seasons
A vector of 4-digit years associated with given NBA seasons. (Min: 2002; default:
most_recent_nba_season())
Value
Returns a tibble of class hoopR_data with one row per
NBA game per season. Columns include at minimum season,
espn_game_id, and nba_game_id.
See also
Other NBA Crosswalk Functions:
load_nba_player_crosswalk(),
load_nba_team_crosswalk(),
nba_player_crosswalk(),
nba_schedule_crosswalk(),
nba_team_crosswalk()
Examples
# \donttest{
load_nba_schedule_crosswalk(seasons = most_recent_nba_season())
#> ── NBA schedule crosswalk (ESPN / NBA Stats) ──────────────────── hoopR 3.1.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-06-13 04:51:46 UTC
#> # A tibble: 1,416 × 16
#> season season_type game_date home_espn_team_id away_espn_team_id
#> <int> <chr> <date> <int> <int>
#> 1 2026 Pre-Season 2025-10-02 18 20
#> 2 2026 NA 2025-10-03 3 111124
#> 3 2026 Pre-Season 2025-10-03 13 21
#> 4 2026 Pre-Season 2025-10-04 20 18
#> 5 2026 NA 2025-10-04 17 131570
#> 6 2026 Pre-Season 2025-10-04 14 19
#> 7 2026 Pre-Season 2025-10-04 7 16
#> 8 2026 NA 2025-10-04 3 126120
#> 9 2026 Pre-Season 2025-10-05 30 25
#> 10 2026 Pre-Season 2025-10-05 9 13
#> # ℹ 1,406 more rows
#> # ℹ 11 more variables: espn_game_id <chr>, nba_game_id <chr>,
#> # nba_game_code <chr>, nba_home_team_id <chr>, nba_away_team_id <chr>,
#> # fox_game_id <chr>, fox_home_team_id <chr>, fox_away_team_id <chr>,
#> # yahoo_game_id <chr>, match_method <chr>, match_confidence <dbl>
# }