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The Myth of Danger
Every year as the playoffs approach one thing is guaranteed. A team or two always gets marked as “the team no one should want to face.” The teams normally fall into one of two categories. First the young up and coming team that does something better than anyone else in the league. Think the Grizzlies of a few years ago, who excelled at the slowdown grind it out game because of an elite defense. … Continue reading
I’ll Always Have ‘We’ll Always Have Linsanity”
When the news of Jeremy Lin becoming a Houston Rocket reached my ear, I stepped into a bad place. I was delirious, fuming with anger and betrayal, searching for someone to blame. That someone became Jeremy Lin. “Did you go to Houston asking for more money than was previously offered because you thought New York would sign you for any amount? Huh? Prick.” I’ll admit, being agitated to the point where my mind is clouded with … Continue reading
Harden Week: Once, Twice, Three Times a Bearden
Are you enjoying Harden Week? Are you not entertained? rss feed widget I fully support Harden Week – I love James, love his game, and while I’m not sure we’d have fun hanging out (he’s a bit eclectic – I think I’d enjoy Kris Humphries’ entourage more) that doesn’t mean we can’t all enjoy his style on the court. For me, James Harden is the basketball equivalent of Blackbeard. Edward Thatch had 40 guns on … Continue reading
Weekly Stats Recap
Thanks to the All Star Break, we’ve got a Weekly Stats Recap with 43% more stats for you to enjoy. But before we dive into the week’s oddities, let’s determine how important the distribution of assists is to a team’s success rate. Jared Dubin (@JADubin5), the founder of HoopChalk and Co-EIC of Hardwood Paroxysm, was curious as to the impact of having many good distributors. To answer this question, I charted the number of … Continue reading
Weekly Stats Recap
For this week’s Stat Study, I decided to look at average FGA, FTA, and 3PA in an effort to forecast winners. After each of the 54 games had been played this week, I charted every matchup and jotted down which team averaged more FTA, FGA, and 3PA to see if there was a constant link between any of them to the winner. I posed the question of which statistic (FTA, FGA, or 3PA) would … Continue reading
Weekly Stats Recap
This week I had a stat request from Jesse Silverman (@JesseBeau), a Cortland intramural champion and defending March Madness king. He wondered if the number of double digit scorers was directly correlated to victories, guessing that winning teams would have more double digit scorers in each game. As it turns out, there was not a considerable difference in the number of players in double figures for winning and losing teams. Over this holiday week … Continue reading
Weekly Stats Recap
This week’s study was suggested by college basketball guru and FSWA (Fantasy Sports Writers Association) gate keeper Perry Missner (@PerryMissner). He is a passionate basketball fan and his suggestion led to some very interesting results. Perry wondered which was more directly correlated to success: quantity or quality when it comes to field goal attempts. I ventured a guess that FG% would be a better predictor, but figured it would be a close study. After … Continue reading
Weekly Stats Recap
For this week’s study I took a look at how often (and by how much) winning teams lost individual quarters. For the 52 games played this week, the victorious team lost an average of 1.2 quarters per game. This indicates that more winning teams lost at least two quarters than winning teams that won/tied every quarter. In quarters in which the eventual winner was outscored, they were outscored by an average of 4.97 points. … Continue reading
Daily Dribble for December 10, 2012
The Daily Dribble is a somtimes-daily feature here at Hickory-High. Matt Cianfrone offers his thoughts on a handful of the previous night’s NBA games, and then turns to Twitter to fill in the gaps. This was a pretty fun night of basketball, at least in two of the three games I caught parts of. Heat 101 – Hawks 92: The Heat defense is just so much better with Joel Anthony in the game. He … Continue reading
Game of the Week: Denver Nuggets at Atlanta Hawks
Apparently David Stern is in the business of picking lineups now. Perhaps he’d like to set my fantasy lineup this week too? I know he’s injured, but would benching Kyrie Irving be detrimental to the league since he’s a rising star? Send me an email as soon as you can, commissioner. I can’t afford the $250,000 fine. Enough of this bitterness. There are a lot of good games on national television next week, and … Continue reading
