November Comparison 2007/2008

by malarky on Dec 1, 2008 11:08 PM PST

I was playing around on http://www.basketball-reference.com/ and was comparing the splits from November 2007 and November 2008. This really shows the huge improvements we have made while playing a much more difficult schedule. Please excuse the image if it doesn't display or display correctly. I couldn't figure out how to import an excel object without losing the formatting.

We have improved almost across the board. The only categories we have not improved on are fouls and opponent FG percentage. We are committing .1 more foul per game this year and allowing .32% better FG percentage. However, these are more than made up by the huge improvement in other areas. The numbers that jump out at me are the rebounding. From 07 to 08 we have grabbed 1.6 more boards a game but our opponents are getting 7.5 fewer. That is 9.1 more boards for us a overall. Offensive rebounding has improved by 3.6 while our opponents have dropped by 2.5 a 6.1 over difference. It looks like everyone who said we would have our biggest weakness fixed immediately once Greg played was right. Your thoughts or observations from the numbers?

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by prezofdeath on Dec 1, 2008 11:16 PM PST reply actions

Are you insinuating that his post resembles a pith?!!!

by Devenex on Dec 1, 2008 11:42 PM PST up reply actions

Pithy?!?! How insulting!

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by Clevelander among roses on Dec 2, 2008 12:08 AM PST up reply actions

maybe someone saw you use it regarding Mortimer

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by Magnum on Dec 2, 2008 12:42 AM PST up reply actions

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by two4larue on Dec 2, 2008 8:38 PM PST up reply actions

Nice find.

Rebounds have definitely been much improved, but I was surprised to see by how much.

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by T Darkstar on Dec 2, 2008 5:21 AM PST reply actions

Second unit

I bet you’d find that most of the improvement is when the bench players are on the floor. Last year, with the Frye/Trout/Jones frontcourt, we got killed on the glass when Joel and LA were out. This year, not so much.

by Hawthorne Wingo on Dec 2, 2008 11:30 AM PST up reply actions

People laughed at me

when I said our rebounding margin would improve by 5-10 rpg this year. Sigh….

I hate it when people say, “I told you so.” It is so tacky when people say that. On the other hand, when I say it — it is glorious.

We’ll see if that stat holds, but it certainly looks promising. Of course, we’ve already burned our two Miami games this year, which certainly helped us in the rebounding margin department.

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by jscot on Dec 2, 2008 7:20 AM PST reply actions

Playing the Knicks today with their 6'9" "Center" David Lee won't hurt...

………………………. Then again, Lee actually hustles and has good rebounding technique, so maybe I’m being a smartass for no reason, per usual.

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by timbo on Dec 2, 2008 8:59 AM PST up reply actions

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by BlazerFan1 on Dec 2, 2008 12:54 PM PST up reply actions