Spurs Vs Mavs Primer: Plus Minus and Game Score

Intersection of each axis is the league average for those that have played more than 120 minutes. The “S”s you see are the team average for each team. Thaddeus Young has now met the minutes minimum requirement to be included on the chart. And, wow, debuted in exactly the correct quadrant! Data from Basketball Reference.Continue reading “Spurs Vs Mavs Primer: Plus Minus and Game Score”

Spurs VS Mavs Nov 11th Primer: True shooting and Usage

Intersection of each axis is the league average for those that have played more than 120 minutes(~55% for True Shooting and 19.2 for usage). The “S”s you see are the team average for each team for True Shooting. Only players with >120 minutes played this season are included in the game primer. A reflection: LukaContinue reading “Spurs VS Mavs Nov 11th Primer: True shooting and Usage”

Spurs vs Kings Primer: Usage vs True Shooting

A few things to help. Intersection of each axis is the league average for those that have played more than 90 minutes(~.55 for TS% and 19.2 for usage). The “S”s you see are the team average for each team. It’s clear by the distribution that the Kings get their shots to fall more than theContinue reading “Spurs vs Kings Primer: Usage vs True Shooting”

Spurs vs Kings Primer. Plus Minus with Game Score

A few things to help. Intersection of each axis is the league average for those that have played more than 120 minutes. The “S”s you see are the team average for each team. As you can see the teams have nearly the same defensive box plus minus with the kings showing a slight offensive advantage.Continue reading “Spurs vs Kings Primer. Plus Minus with Game Score”

Grizzlies Vs Timberwolves Primer: Plus Minus and PER

Intersection at league average for Offensive and Defensive box plus minus for those having >90 minutes played. Two very opposing teams currently. Timberwolves have defended well and the Grizzlies have scored well.

Grizzlies Vs TimberWolves Primer: Usage and True shooting

Please note: Game Score is an estimate (accurate within 0.2) by applying the formula to the current averages for the season. Also, the axis intersections are current means of those in the league that have played at least 100 minutes.

Spurs vs Thunder Primer: Usage and True Shooting Percent

Something different here. Axis intersections are league average for those that have played >90 total minutes. Usage 19.2 and True Shooting is 55.2%