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The Storify: Western Conference Finals Game 2
Over the next few weeks we’ll be letting social media help tell the story of each of the remaining games in the Conference and NBA Finals: Western Conference Finals: Game 1 | [View the story "Western Conference Finals Game 2: San Antonio Spurs 93- Memphis Grizzlies 89 (Spurs lead series 2-0)" on Storify]
Objectivity, In A Subjective World
This week ESPN gave us a snapshot of what’s become one of their standard summer projects, #NBARank. As an end-of-season treat they put together an early preview, giving their panel of 111 contributors (myself included) the standard task of ranking each player on a scale of 1-to-10 in terms of ‘current quality.’ This time instead of evaluating the whole league we were just asked to assess a core group, assembling a list of the … Continue reading
Weekly Stats Recap
This week I decided to take a look at players who rebound, but also score. I charted the total points each team received from players grabbing at least five rebounds in an effort to determine if teams with high scoring rebounders won more often than not. I figured that winning teams would have a higher average point total from qualifying players, but never did I imagine the difference being this drastic. During the 50 … Continue reading
Game of the Week: Memphis Grizzlies at Miami Heat
The trade deadline has passed. The guys on the roster will be there for the stretch run. There’s nothing left now but playoff positioning. Did you know? These teams were inconsequential trade partners last week, one of many boring matches made during a lackluster trade deadline. Miami traded Dexter Pittman, who plays in the D-League, and for Ricky Sanchez, who plays in Argentina. Luckiliy, neither of these players will matter when they play on … Continue reading
Weekly Stats Recap
This week I thought I’d take a look at the shot taking/making of offenses “at the rim” and behind the arc. Theoretically, offenses work hard to get a good look from one of these spots on very possession, and I was curious which had a greater impact on the game. My hypothesis was that winning teams would have the consistent edge “at the rim” while the three point shooting would be something of a … Continue reading
Game of the Week: Memphis Grizzlies at Oklahoma City Thunder
This is a big one. This game matches Oklahoma City’s league-best offense against Memphis’ league-best defense. It’s as big as a January game gets. Let’s get into it. Key Players I’ve already poured out my love for Marc Gasol in our All-Star roundtable, so I’ll focus on the other Grizzlies big man, Zach Randolph. If you watch Z-Bo under the boards, you understand why he’s such a strong rebounder. He’s as physical as anyone … 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
Weekly Stat Recap
This week’s study was done to determine what position led the winning team in scoring with the most frequency. For all 53 games this week I recorded the position of the highest scoring player on the winning team and the percentage of his teams points he scored. I used ESPN’s box scores to determine what position each player qualified as. In a resounding 35.8% of the games this week, the winning team was led … Continue reading
Video Playbook: Versatility in Memphis
What a week it was in Memphis. In the span of eight days the Grizzlies won four in a row, including wins against the Miami Heat, Oklahoma City Thunder and the New York Knicks. The Grizzlies have now won eight straight since their opening night loss to the Clippers and currently have the best record in the entire NBA. Over the past few seasons the Grizzlies have climbed back to relevance with stifling defense … Continue reading
