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Game of the Week: Los Angeles Lakers at New York Knicks
Suddenly, we are a quarter of the way through the season. It’s been weird. The Knicks have looked much better than the Heat in their two meetings, Tim Duncan and Kobe Bryant have murdered Father Time, and Andray Blatche is a relevant player after 20 games. It’s not an insignificant sample size, but I wouldn’t be surprised if none of these trends held. Every matchup seems so meaningful this early, and for teams like … 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
Weekly Stats Recap
This week I took a look at which statistic had a greater impact on a game’s outcome, transition points or points in the paint. I charted the fast break points and interior points for each of the 49 games this week and broke them into two separate groups: winning and losing teams. I then divided the totals of the losing teams by the number of points scored to determine what percentage of points were … Continue reading
Game of the Week: New York Knicks at Brooklyn Nets
I don’t think this is the best matchup of the week. That’s Thursday’s game between the Miami Heat and the San Antonio Spurs. You should watch that too. But this is my pick for game of the week because we’re lucky it’s happening at all. Hurricane Sandy postponed what was to be the inaugural matchup between these two teams on opening night. Postponing that game was the right call. The loss of life and property … 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
The NBA Anti-Anti-Awards
Yesterday, Ian released his annual pre-season picks for the NBA Anti-Awards. Those awards recognize some of the most negative achievements in professional basketball. I wanted to take things in more of a positive direction which is why I created the Anti-Anti-Awards. These awards are the positive, mirror images of the Anti-Awards. Today I’ll introduce you to each award, note the defending champion, and project the 2012-2013 winner. You can get MVP predictions anywhere, but … Continue reading
Offensive Outcomes
A look at the raw Synergy data from my Offensive Geometry post. This is an analysis, with sortable data, of all different individual offensive outcomes from this season. Continue reading
DREW: Picking On Player Ratings
Kyle Soppe unveils a new system for picking the playoffs. Continue reading
Miami and New York: By The Tape
A video breakdown/preview of the playoff series between the Miami Heat and the New York Knicks. Continue reading
Miami and New York: By the Numbers
A stats-based preview of the playoff series between the Miami Heat and the New York Knicks. Continue reading
