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The Storify: Eastern Conference Finals, Game 7
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 | Game 2 | Game 3 (missed) | Game 4 (missed) | Eastern Conference Finals: Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 (missed) | Game 6 | Game 7 [View the story "The Storify: Eastern Conference Finals, Game 7" on Storify]
The Storify: Eastern Conference Finals, Game 6
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 | Game 2 | Game 3 (missed) | Game 4 (missed) | Eastern Conference Finals: Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 (missed) | Game 6 | [View the story "The Storify: Eastern Conference Finals, Game 6" on Storify]
The Storify: Eastern Conference Finals, Game 4
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 | Game 2 | Game 3 (missed) | Game 4 (missed) | Eastern Conference Finals: Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | [View the story "The Storify: Eastern Conference Finals, Game 4" on Storify]
The Storify: Eastern Conference Finals, Game 1
It’s A League Of Give And Take.
Preface – Jordan White at Hardwood Paroxysm wrote about potential and getting to the point where we need to give up on it. His piece fueled the fire for me writing this. In scientific fields, even the best at their crafts don’t breakthrough into new ground on skill alone. Divine intervention always seems to be a part of the formula in the latest development, without discrediting the work of very smart men. In the … Continue reading
Weekly Stats Recap
This week I decided to take a look at the impact of free throws on the final outcome. Is getting to the line more important than taking advantage of the freebies when a team gets there? During a 54 game sample, I recorded the free throws attempted and the free throw percentage for every team. Winning teams shot an average of 77.1% on 21.9 free throws per game while losing teams made 76% of … Continue reading
Weekly Stats Recap
This week’s Stat Study was done with the intention to determine the impact of playing a back to back in terms of total shooting percentage (TS%) and turnover rate (TOR). To understand this study, one must be familiar with these metrics. Total shooting percentage created a total metric of shooting accuracy looking at three-pointers, two-pointers and free throws. Turnover rate is a simple tally of the percentage of possessions that end in a turnover. … Continue reading
Weekly Stats Recap
For this week’s #StatStudy, basketball coach/guru @C1ayMitche11 questioned an offense predicated on launching three pointers and chasing down the loose ball was an effective strategy in the NBA. He estimated that 60% of teams that won the rebound battle and attempted more triples would win the game and that the number would rise to a 75% success rate if the team tallied more offensive rebounds and 3PA. Our sample size this week was 54 … Continue reading
Weekly Stats Recap
This week, thanks to the suggestion of David Vertsberger (@_Verts), I decided to take a look at the top assist men on each team and how they contributed to each game this week in terms of percentage of total points scored (PS%) and percentage of total assists handed out (A%). I constructed a spread sheet that detailed the top dime dropper on each roster along with the PS% and A% for that player entering … 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
