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# Trend data in basketball

### What is trend data?

Trend data indicates the score difference between the home team and the away team during a match.

### How often should the Trend API endpoint be called?

Trend data is available while a match is in progress. Use the match status to determine when to call the **Real-time match trends** API endpoint.

Call the API endpoint once every 1 to 3 minutes during the match. Trend values are updated at minute-level intervals. 

If you want to get the match trends for historical matches, you can use **Match trends** API endpoint.

### How to display trend data?

You can plot the returned data on an x-y axis:

* The x-axis represents time.
* The y-axis represents the score difference.

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