Get ESPN WNBA Event Play Detail (Single Play) — espn_wnba_event_play • wehoop

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

Usage

espn_wnba_event_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 WNBA Functions: espn_wnba_athlete_awards(), espn_wnba_athlete_career_stats(), espn_wnba_athlete_eventlog(), espn_wnba_athlete_eventlog_v2(), espn_wnba_athlete_gamelog(), espn_wnba_athlete_info(), espn_wnba_athlete_overview(), espn_wnba_athlete_seasons(), espn_wnba_athlete_splits(), espn_wnba_athlete_statisticslog(), espn_wnba_athlete_stats(), espn_wnba_athletes_index(), espn_wnba_award(), espn_wnba_calendar(), espn_wnba_coach_season(), espn_wnba_coaches(), espn_wnba_conferences(), espn_wnba_draft(), espn_wnba_draft_athlete_detail(), espn_wnba_draft_athletes(), espn_wnba_draft_pick(), espn_wnba_draft_rounds(), espn_wnba_draft_status(), espn_wnba_event_broadcasts(), espn_wnba_event_competitor_leaders(), espn_wnba_event_competitor_linescores(), espn_wnba_event_competitor_records(), espn_wnba_event_competitor_roster(), espn_wnba_event_competitor_roster_entry(), espn_wnba_event_competitor_score(), espn_wnba_event_competitor_statistics(), espn_wnba_event_odds(), espn_wnba_event_official_detail(), espn_wnba_event_officials(), espn_wnba_event_play_personnel(), espn_wnba_event_player_box(), espn_wnba_event_powerindex(), espn_wnba_event_predictor(), espn_wnba_event_probabilities(), espn_wnba_event_propbets(), espn_wnba_event_situation(), espn_wnba_franchise(), espn_wnba_franchises(), espn_wnba_freeagents(), espn_wnba_futures(), espn_wnba_game_all(), espn_wnba_game_rosters(), espn_wnba_injuries(), espn_wnba_leaders(), espn_wnba_news(), espn_wnba_pbp(), espn_wnba_player_box(), espn_wnba_player_stats(), espn_wnba_position(), espn_wnba_positions(), espn_wnba_powerindex(), espn_wnba_scoreboard(), espn_wnba_season_awards(), espn_wnba_season_draft(), espn_wnba_season_group(), espn_wnba_season_group_children(), espn_wnba_season_group_teams(), espn_wnba_season_groups(), espn_wnba_season_info(), espn_wnba_season_leaders(), espn_wnba_season_ranking(), espn_wnba_season_rankings(), espn_wnba_season_type(), espn_wnba_season_types(), espn_wnba_season_week(), espn_wnba_season_weeks(), espn_wnba_seasons(), espn_wnba_standings(), espn_wnba_team(), espn_wnba_team_box(), espn_wnba_team_injuries(), espn_wnba_team_leaders(), espn_wnba_team_news(), espn_wnba_team_record(), espn_wnba_team_record_detail(), espn_wnba_team_roster(), espn_wnba_team_schedule(), espn_wnba_team_season_profile(), espn_wnba_team_season_roster(), espn_wnba_team_season_statistics(), espn_wnba_team_stats(), espn_wnba_teams(), espn_wnba_transactions(), espn_wnba_venues(), espn_wnba_week_ranking(), espn_wnba_week_rankings()

Author

Saiem Gilani

Examples

# \donttest{
  espn_wnba_event_play(event_id = 401736171, play_id = 4017361714)
#> ── ESPN WNBA Event Play Detail ───────────────────────────────── wehoop 3.0.0 ──
#> ℹ Data updated: 2026-05-22 07:30:45 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 wnba   401736171 4017361714 4               615     Jumpball  Azur… 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>
# }