MCP server exposing 8 tools for balldontlie.
This URL is a JSON-RPC 2.0 endpoint over HTTP. Issue POST requests with a JSON-RPC body. Browsers and search crawlers land here on GET.
POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/balldontlie/mcp
Content-Type: application/json
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/list"}teams — All 30 NBA teams: ID, name, city, abbreviation, conference, division. Use as a directory to resolve a team name into the numeric team_id required by other balldontlie tools.team — Single NBA team by ID: name, abbreviation, city, conference, division. Use after teams() to confirm details.players — NBA player roster — search by name substring or filter by team. Returns ID, first/last name, position, height, weight, jersey number, and team. Use to resolve a player name to a numeric player_id required by stats/season_averages.player — Single NBA player by ID: name, position, height, weight, jersey, team. Use after players() to confirm.games — NBA games filtered by season, team, or date range. Returns matchup, scores, date, season, postseason flag, status. Use for "did the Lakers win last night", schedule lookup, historical game search.game — Single NBA game by ID: matchup, scores, date, period, time, venue, season, postseason flag. Use after games() to fetch detail.season_averages — Fetch per-season NBA stat averages for one or more player_ids in a given season year; returns PTS, REB, AST, FG%, and other averages per player.stats — Per-game NBA player box-score stats filtered by player, team, game, or season. Returns PTS, REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO, FG%, FT%, 3P%, minutes, +/-. Use for individual game performance lookup, box-score analysis, fantasy stats.Code samples (curl / TypeScript / one-click client install), schemas, and the live playground are on the pack page:
https://pipeworx.io/packs/balldontlie/
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