The aim of this article was to emphasize the particularity and importance of basketball game statistics through the literature review. Several findings were revealed according to the literature review. Firstly, by comparing different records of players could target specific basketball skills that will lead to critical contributions of teams' successes. In addition, by comparing different teams game statistics would also reveal a particular team's offence or defense style (i.e., good at three-point shooting or inside power play). Based on the regression studies which have conducted in the past, the focus was on the records of offense and defense predicting the winning and losing of the games. The other useful tool is the principal component analysis. This specific method could assist coaches to identify one of the several similar basketball skills, which contributed outcome most, and the findings could also suggest connection between game statistics. Recommendations were suggested to basketball personnels including coaches and teachers not only to understand the basketball game statistics on its face value, with the assistance of specific methods, coaches could learn much more information with the same data.