Spurs @ Magic: 2nd Half Thread
by CapHill on Mar 17, 2010 8:23 PM CDT
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We were down by 20 at one point, so it could be worse. But it's going to be hard to win playing 2 on 5 ball.
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Spurs @ Magic Game Thread
by Tim C. on Mar 17, 2010 4:00 PM CDT
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Wow, we're 65 games in and there's a team we still haven't faced yet this season. And this is a team that seems to be hitting their stride at just the right time, if you ignore the second half of their last game.
Sound familiar? Read on.
Also, get the view from the Magic fanbase at Orlando Pinstriped Post.
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Expected Field Goal Percentage
by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Mar 16, 2010 10:45 PM CDT
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I'd like to introduce a new statistic for you. It's the ATS Expected Field Goal Percentage. I made it up. Now, I'll try to explain it, and how I thought of it, and why I think it is interesting. And, why, like all statistics, it is flawed in drawing conclusions from it.
Coach Pop likes to say things like "The other team made shots" and "we need somebody to step up and make shots" and "basketball is a game of making shots". As complex and intricate as the game is, at its essence it is also very simple. You have to make shots. Therefore, there is a lot of value in players who can make shots. We can look at statistics for a game like field goal percentage, adjusted field goal percentage, true shooting percentage, and several others to get an idea of which teams and players make shots.
One thing I have been trying to figure out, ever since Olf put me on the path, is what does good Spurs offense look like in a particular game. If I can't look at a field goal percentage and know, what can I look at? This has lead me to ask a lot of questions and do a lot of thinking. A few of the factors in judging good offense are: balance of points from inside, open versus contested shots, number of assists per shots made, etc. I'd like to add two more.
One, your better shooters shoot more than your bad shooters.
Two, your players shoot from positions on the floor where they shoot well.
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Spurs @ Heat Game Thread
by Tim C. on Mar 16, 2010 5:01 PM CDT
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Let's hope the Heat don't remember that beatdown we gave them on New Year's Eve. Or that they're Psychologically Devastated by it.
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Officiency
by BlaseE on Mar 16, 2010 2:00 PM CDT
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I wanted to take a minute to briefly discuss one of my favorite player stats, points per shot or PPS. It is a simple stat, points scored divided by field goal attempts. If you shoot threes, then you score more points per attempts. If you get fouled you get freebies to boost the stat.
The stat is a great measure of scoring intangibles. Let's just say Manu always looks like Superman in this stat.
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Yahoo PtR March Madness Group
by Tim C. on Mar 15, 2010 6:34 PM CDT
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Some of you will remember that we did this last year... so we're doing it again.
Yahoo has a pick 'em tournament for the 2010 NCAA tournament. If you fill out a perfect bracket, they even have a way for you to win $1 million. Pretty nice, huh? Anyway, we've set up a group just for PtR, which you can find here:
The link actually contains this if you need it, but the group ID is "130477" and the password is "ptrspurs". We don't have any special prizes, just bragging rights on PtR. Have fun!
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The Double-Edged Sword of Blaming Players for Losses
by BlaseE on Mar 15, 2010 3:53 PM CDT
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The Spurs currently sit at 39-25. Last year we finished with 54 wins. Well that pace would have us at 42-22 through our 62 games. So 3 games going the other way....that's not a lot, but I had so many more excuses for last season's record. I mean if Manu and Tony and TD had been healthy, we could have won 65 (more or less random number) games last year.
Clearly we are underachieving yet most statistical analysis shows the team as solid. Hollinger has us as 5th right now yet we are 11th in the league standings. All of this bothered me so come see the results of me searching for who is at fault for our record after the jump....
It's not Pop....to me.
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D-TOUR 2, Higher Body Count
by Cedarpark on Mar 15, 2010 11:48 AM CDT
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I enjoyed the first Thread of Utter Randomness so much that I thought I would start my own.
I don't even know if I have permission to do this. But logical thinking has never saved me before. There's a lot of randomness after the jump:
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