When the Blazers score over 100 points or less than 90...

Some interesting statistical analysis on the unique situation the Blazers sit in during >100 and <90 point games.

about 2 years ago mookie 3 comments 0 recs |

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The analysis is pretty useless

It would be surprising if there were no correllation between points scored and winning. Since there’s a fixed amount of time to score points in and 100 seems to be on one side of the bell curve and 90 on the other side of the bell curve. Of course teams that score more than 100 will win the majority of those games, and of course teams that score less than 90 will win fewer of those games.

by boppitywop on Mar 28, 2010 8:31 PM PDT reply actions

Perhaps it was long-winded, but the point he was focusing on...

… I believe, was the fact that the Blazers buck that trend of 100 and 90 being important.

But for all of the joking I did about Taco Bell linking free chalupas to a likely victory, don’t tell Señor Bell the shocking truth: by far, the LEAST successful 100pt home performers in the NBA are the Portland Trail Blazers. And they’ve not been shy about it either: 16 times so far the fans have gone home couponed, but only FIVE times has a win accompanied them on their happy way. Five of sixteen! At home! The next worst are the Pistons at 46% and no one else is even under 50%, not even the Nets—who are oddly 4 for 4.

AND

…but there is one team out there that boldly steps onto the court, fails to score 90 points routinely (14 times so far) — and is still even money to beat you down, when most of the league wins maybe a couple of times by chance. That team of course is the Portland Trailblazers, with seven big wins while scoring under 90.

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by mookie on Mar 29, 2010 11:20 AM PDT up reply actions

That is incredibly long-winded.

and it’s Paul WESTHEAD who was the run-and gun coach whose teams routinely scored 120 (and gave up 130 more often than not). Paul WESTPHAL was the pre-SSOL Phoenix coach and is now the coach of the Sacramento Kings.

And the coment posting seems broken (I tried to post this there and it timed out repeatedly—I’m on a rocketship super fast broadband connection, too, in Seoul).

by Marvin100 on Mar 28, 2010 10:15 PM PDT reply actions