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If Only This Meant Something…Besides the 40-1 Thing
Published 4/12/2009 by Zach Lowe at Boston Celtics Basketball - Celtics news, rumors and analysis - CelticsHub.com
... looking for some chink in Cleveland’s armor, some undiscovered weakness. And I thought I’d found one: the Cavs are near the bottom of the league (26th) in terms of the percentage of their shots that come from in close. They are a team of mere jump-shooters! They are nothing but a souped-up version of the Bulls! ...

: Week of...Next to Last Edition by Bradford Doolittle
Published 4/12/2009 at Basketball Prospectus
... (40.2) [ 39 / 39 / 43 ] Rankings: NET: 16; OFF: 18; DEF: 18; PACE: 9 The Bulls are 8-12 in close games (those decided by five points or less) but if you watch Chicago on a regular basis, it seems worst than that. The Bulls just can't seem to hold a lead, and when they get into a situation where a big shot will win a game, they can't convert. A lot of this seems due to Derrick Rose's inexperience. According to the clutch stats at 82games.com , no Bulls player is shooting 50 percent from the field in last five minutes of close games this season. 17. (17) ...

Orlando Magic News for April 9th: More Fourth Quarter Heroics From Hedo Turkoglu, Dwight Howard Makes History, and More
Published 4/9/2009 by erivera7 at Third Quarter Collapse
... ) that the most clutch player on the team (the criteria being, fourth quarter or overtime, less than five minutes left, neither team ahead by more than 5 points) is Jameer Nelson. Not too surprising, when you consider the fact Nelson was killer in the clutch like Robert Horry (see January 16h v. Los Angeles Lakers).  ...

Advanced Stats For Babblers
Published 4/7/2009 by Steve Weinman at CelticsBlog
A Daily Babble Production In yesterday's philosophical musing about statistical analysis in basketball, I pledged to provide a guide to the measures used in this space that leave the realm of the traditional box score. This is that document.  Since I used about a week's worth of your allotted Babble reading time with yesterday's ruminations, let's get right to it with our glossary of stats currently in common use at Babble Central. Team Stats Possessions: FGA - OREB + TOV + 0.44 x FTA A possession is one team's turn with the ball for a chance to ...

Lebron James in the Clutch
Published 4/6/2009 by Craig at WaitingForNextYear
[image] I just need to start by saying thank goodness for 82games.com .  Their statistical analysis is some of the most intriguing if not the best available on the Internet.  I use that qualifier as I am guessing the statisticians that Mark Cuban has working for him in Dallas come up with some interesting stuff that isn’t available to the general public.  Anyway, 82games.com has come up with a section on their site dedicated to clutch stats.  These stats are compiled in game situations in the 4th quarter or overtime with less than five minutes remaining and neither team is ahead by more than five ...

Charles Barkley continues to pick on the Pistons
Published 3/30/2009 by Justin Rogers | MLive.com at Full-Court Press
... Saturday's Pistons-Wizard game Gilbert Arenas on pace to make return Saturday against Detroit Pistons Categories Audio ( RSS ) Breaking News ( RSS ) Statewide ( RSS ) Top Sports ( RSS ) Video ( RSS ) MLive.com Pistons links Detroit Pistons team page A. Sherrod Blakely's blog Full Court Press blog Pistons forum Sports Home MLive.com Home ESPN NBA Page 82games.com Home Page Need4Sheed Home Page Detroit Bad Boys Blog Favorite Links ...

Inspecting the MVP Candidates -- A Roundup
Published 3/24/2009 at ESPN.com - TrueHoop
Graydon Gordian, of the TrueHoop Network's 48 Minutes of Hell, has spent some quality time rounding up MVP opinions from around the League, and writes: My grandfather always told me the two things you should never discuss in public are religion and politics. Youʼll never convince anyone of anything. Iʼm thinking of adding the MVP race to that list. Much like religion and politics, many of the arguments seem sound when discussed on their own terms. Is the MVP the best player in the league? The best player on the best team? The player without whom a team would suffer ...

Changing the Stat Quo
Published 3/23/2009 by John Krolik (johnkrolik@gmail.com) at SLAM Online
... SLAM: That said, there are formulas on your site—how firmly do you believe in them? Does the “Roland Rating” represent the guys, to the letter, you think are the best players in the NBA? Do you think the best clutch players in the NBA are the guys with the best “ ...

Lakers March Madness, Round 2
Published 3/21/2009 by kambrothers at Lakers Blog
Some define this month's "madness" as the college roundball tourney being played as we speak. As I said during our recent 710 ESPN podkast , Smush Parke r fancying himself a credible critic of the "Playing With Kobe Bryant Experience" brings new meaning to the phrase "madness." But here at Lakers Blog, we offer our own, highly purple and gold-centric version of March Madness. Round one's results are in the books and here are your winners: Kobe Bryant's fadeaway over Lamar Odom's fashion sense Pau Gasol from the elbow over DJ Mbenga's martial arts Phil Jackson's zen ...

Weakened Pondering: Helping to increase your LaMarcus Aldridge appreciation
Published 3/14/2009 by noreply@blogger.com (Jack Brown) at Deceptively Quick
... Enter new basketball statistics. The people I steal from constantly, 82games.com, have created a different way to quantify passing skills. It starts with the classic assist to turnover ratio, which is commonly accepted as an indicator of how effectively a player can pass. Except that turnovers include all sorts of things besides passing. For example, if a player is whistled for travelling or gets the ball stolen while driving to the hoop a turnover would result. So the 82games.com geniuses started tracking something called assist: bad pass ...

FD Guest Lecture: Rising from the Whirl
Published 3/13/2009 by Bethlehem Shoals (noreply@blogger.com) at freedarko.com
... what I do. He was unselfish to the point of selfishness. It was only after he got it through his head that the game wasn't just about making gorgeous passes - whether for the benefit of teammates' scoring or his own prestidigitational glory - that he ended up scoring 24 a game and taking home MVP trophy #1. That, my friends, isn't ego. It's Superior. So, we return to the central question. How do we measure magic? The answer is, you don't. You describe magic. Maybe someday soon, 82Games will figure out how to break every PG's game down into quanta. Then we can measure magic. ...

Charlie in Clutch
Published 3/12/2009 by Alex Boeder at Brew Hoop
... Among the eight players listed above, Villanueva stands out as the one who improves the most in the clutch. He is shooting 53.8 % in the clutch, compared to 45.7 % overall. In fact, Bogut (64.3 %) is the only other guy who is shooting above even 44.0 % in the clutch among the above eight. Ridnour rounds up the rear at 34.5 %. ...

Raptors as per 82Games.com
Published 3/10/2009 by Arsenalist at Raptors Republic - ESPN TrueHoop's Raptors Blog
... and checked out the percentages of jumpers and “close” shots that every team shoots. It’s no surprise that 72% of our field goal attempts are jumpers (league worst) while the majority of the teams are in the 60-67% range. Only 27% of our shots are classified as being “close” while most teams are over 35%. Now factor in that we shoot 45.7% from the field which is good for a 14th place ranking and you can see why we average 97.56 points per game which ranks 21st in the NBA. In plain English: We take too many jumpers but ...

After 60
Published 3/9/2009 by Stop-n-Pop at Canis Hoopus
... that about does it for the 60 game wrap up.  We'll post another one of these at the end of the year with some charts detailing the ups and downs of individual players and the team.  Right now it looks like the Wolves are reverting to last year's version of themselves.  It is across the board ugly and getting worse.  Does anything jump out at you? Until later. PS: As always we thank the following sites for their excellent stat work: 82Games Knickerblogger Yahoo Sports Basketball Value ...

The Celtics and the Art of the Mid-Range Game
Published 3/9/2009 by Jack Jemsek at Celtics Stuff Live
... If you split the scoring game into the 3-point, mid-range jumper and inside game, the Celtics scoring is actually one of the most balanced in the NBA with a shot distribution of 21% threes, 42% 2-pt jump shot and 35% inside shots (close-range). These all fall within the average for each shot area, using data provided by www.82games.com (see graphic blow).  ...

Taking Stock: Part IV
Published 3/3/2009 by Dave at Blazersedge
... so far, Channing's minutes have depended on injuries and foul trouble for other players more than a set spot in the rotation.  Without consistency it's hard to account for variables.  Most things are nondescript except for offensive efficiency, which goes way down when Channing is in. What we know about Channing basically boils down to "not a good short-spurt player".  Anything else will have to wait until his role gets bigger. Check out many stats at 82Games.com. --Dave (blazersub@yahoo.com)

Numbers game
Published 1/29/2009 at Hawks Blog
... Joe Johnson is playing, the strategic offensive and defensive shortcomings that have cropped up in each of these past three losses, the suddenly missing ball rotation and the refusal of anyone to help the guy next to him on the defensive end, etc.), and all of it helps make sense of this current three-game skid. Yet there’s more. In fact, I’ll point to one interesting statistical quirk that stunned me when I first heard about it and then read up on it a little more this morning on 82games.com (and if there’s better statistical analysis of the NBA anywhere, I haven’t seen it). ...

Top 10 Dunkers In The NBA - 2008-2009 Season
Published 1/7/2009 by noreply@blogger.com (Antone) at You Got Dunked On
Here's the Top 10 Dunkers in the NBA through games played on Jan. 5th, via 82games:

Iguoadala As Playmaker
Published 1/5/2009 by Brian at Depressed Fan
... All stats were grabbed from 82games.com. High % Assists is close assists plus dunk assists. (Close means any shot in the lane, besides a dunk). For me, the key stat here is the pass rating. Here's a brief description of the stat from 82games (the best I could find). ...

Word of the Day: walk the dog
Published 1/5/2009 by Basketbawful (noreply@blogger.com) at Basketbawful
... maneuver at various points throughout a game, even when time isn't a factor. I have no idea why they do it. Walking the dog makes perfect sense in end-of-game situations where every tick of the clock is as precious as a cheerleader covered in chocolate frosting. But doing it, say, midway through the second quarter...is there any benefit? I guess that, in theory, it saves time on the shot clock. But I can't imagine that it provides much of an advantage over time. Can we get the guys at 82games.com on this?