Stat of the Game: Clippers @ Spurs

by BlaseE on Oct 15, 2009 1:35 PM CDT in Game Previews

This is the first edition of a new idea we had. In the afternoon following a game, we would post a stat of the game. It would serve as a talking point possibly overlooked within the recaps and game thread. Please leave any suggestions or critiques in the comments. These are supposed to be short in length.

So your stat of the game is 26 assists on our 35 field goals made. Take that, rebuilding (offensive) team chemistry. Slightly more after the jump.

First two notes about the stat:

1. That is without our starting PG so way to move the ball without him.

2. Our starting PG is Tony Parker so eventhough he has improved his assist numbers, he also was one of the top players having unassisted FG's (3rd for shots in the paint).

What about our other preseason games:

Houston: 14 of 29 (48.2%) and 8 players with assists (no Duncan, Parker, Finley, Dice, or Ratliff)

Olympiakos: 24 of 34 (70.6%) and 11 players with assists (everyone played this game)

Miami: 17 of 36 (47.2%) and 9 players with assists (no Manu, Duncan, or Haislip)

LA Clippers: 26 of 35 (74.3%) and 11 players with assists (no Parker, Finley, or Bonner)...Blair, Haislip, and Ratliff failed to get an assist.

Total: 81 assists on 134 FGM (60.4%)

Last season's league average for the regular season was 1,720 assists with 3,044 FGM (56.5%). Last season the Spurs were 1,736 assists with 3,042 FGM (57.1%).

Personally, I find last night's assist number for the team very impressive. Sure we aren't running many isolation plays for Duncan and Parker wasn't there, but when we are getting 5 assists from Hairston, 2 from Williams, and 3 from Dice on top of Hill, Duncan, RJ, and Manu adding their 8 (in reduced minutes for RJ, Manu, and Duncan), our offense looks pretty good with all these new guys.

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Great post BlaseE!

I think the increase in assist is because we are a more athletic team this year. We are running more and we have more easy baskets. Also the improvement of G.Hill is a big reason.

by spursfan87 on Oct 15, 2009 1:56 PM CDT reply actions

I’m not sure how much we are running. From watching our home games, it seems like we are setting up in the half court the vast majority of possessions and really draining the clock.

by BlaseE on Oct 15, 2009 3:05 PM CDT up reply actions

I haven’t seen much running…

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by Aaron "Hirschof" Preine on Oct 15, 2009 3:07 PM CDT up reply actions

Nice stat. I didn’t notice the assists.

I would have gone with the offensive rebound percentage. We pulled down 16 of 46 boards on our offensive glass. 35% is awesome. Porltand led the league with 32.6%. Philadelphia was the only other team over 30%.

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by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Oct 15, 2009 3:04 PM CDT reply actions

Wow, that is incredible considering their size is one of their strengths even without Camby and Kaman.

by BlaseE on Oct 15, 2009 3:08 PM CDT up reply actions

Could this be because the Spurs have been taking and making a lot of spot up jumpers?

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by LasEspuelas on Oct 15, 2009 3:18 PM CDT reply actions

It could, but at least last night we were without Bonner and Finley and Mason was 0-3 (I think) so our spot up shooters were kind of MIA. George Hill’s shot looks so good though….

I’ll definitely try to keep my eye on it against Cleveland.

by BlaseE on Oct 15, 2009 3:28 PM CDT up reply actions

BlaseE, I love this. Interesting stat. Short post. Great stuff.

Suggestions: the league average data was good, but I’d like to also see who led the league last year in order to better place last night’s performance in perspective.

Keep it up!

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by J.R. Wilco on Oct 15, 2009 4:04 PM CDT reply actions

I agree with the suggestion. Still, great post, BlaseE. The increased offensive prowess of this team will no doubt lead to more passes being converted to made shots, and therefore assists.

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by silverandblack_davis on Oct 15, 2009 6:02 PM CDT up reply actions

A question that came to my mind and I hope the great minds at PTR can answer.

With the increase of rate of assists per FG, did the turnover ratio increase? and by how much? are we better or worse because of that?

Keep in mind that we had one of if not the best turnover numbers last year, with around 12 to per game.

by SaSleepless on Oct 15, 2009 8:10 PM CDT reply actions

I had the Spurs stat page up when I read this. We averaged 11.7 turnovers per game last year which was the best in the league.

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by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Oct 15, 2009 8:30 PM CDT up reply actions

Our assist/turnover ration also led the league at 1.80.

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by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Oct 15, 2009 8:31 PM CDT up reply actions

Thanx Wayne, how about when we increased our assists in preseason? didn’t we increase our to ratio? I’ll still blame it on the soon-to be cut-players though.

by SaSleepless on Oct 15, 2009 9:09 PM CDT up reply actions

We are averaging 17 turnovers a game for a 1.2 AST/TO. I didn’t look into them too much, but it’s not a good number.

Breakdown per game played:

Blair .8
Bogans 1.0
Bonner .3
Duncan 1.0
Finley .5
Manu 1.3
Hairston 1.3
Haislip 2.0
Hill 2.0
Jefferson .8
Jerrells 2.0
Mahinmi 1.5
Mason .5
McDyess 1.3
Parker .5
Ratliff .7
Williams 2.0
Jones ?

All in all, it looks pretty good as Hill, Haislip, Jerrells, and Williams will not be playing these minutes (if they are on the team) in the regular season. I’m confident Hill could get his numbers down if he was playing with a more stable lineup and he is still higher on assists at 2.3. Blair and Ratliff look good. I think low turnovers is a quick way to earn minutes from Pop.

by BlaseE on Oct 16, 2009 7:55 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs

Thax a lot BlaseE. You really did a fine job. recc’d :)

by SaSleepless on Oct 17, 2009 3:40 AM CDT up reply actions

Nice, BlaseE. I hadn’t noticed. (Then again, looking at boxscores gets old fast.)

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by LatinD on Oct 15, 2009 10:14 PM CDT reply actions

Fresh out of the garden tonight

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by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Oct 15, 2009 10:31 PM CDT reply actions

It’s about 6" in diameter.

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by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Oct 15, 2009 10:32 PM CDT up reply actions

That’s what she feared.

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by Hipuks on Oct 16, 2009 12:04 AM CDT up reply actions

Creepy.

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by LatinD on Oct 15, 2009 10:42 PM CDT up reply actions

that’s very lovely… is it in the cacti family?

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by bellasa on Oct 16, 2009 12:10 AM CDT up reply actions

I think so. Let me look.

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by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Oct 16, 2009 12:15 AM CDT up reply actions

Yes, it is. And it is very fragrant.

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by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Oct 16, 2009 12:16 AM CDT up reply actions

This is soooo on-topic. By the way, nice flower. That’s what he said.

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by silverandblack_davis on Oct 16, 2009 12:51 AM CDT up reply actions

Nice looking bloom.

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by J.R. Wilco on Oct 16, 2009 11:17 AM CDT up reply actions

If you go here you can see the kind that mine is. It’s on the right. You can see the glossy thick leaf. That’s what mine looked like until it got shelled in the hail storm. The hail punched holes in the leaves.

We also have another variety that is more prolific but with smaller blooms.

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by Wayne Vore (ATS) on Oct 16, 2009 12:22 AM CDT reply actions