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We're 11.4 percent into the campaign and it already feels like Sim Season is moving away from the comforting anchor of reality. What I mean by that enigmatic statement is that early on, it was natural to refer to the changes the teams underwent in the offseason and to compare our initial results to what we expected. We were comparing the simulated league to the real league. Less than three weeks into the season, the simulation seems to have taken on a life of its own. Our fairy tale is generating its own story lines.
The Magic has certainly emerged as one of those neat little early-season narratives. The Magic lost its opener at home to Charlotte then traveled to Miami (in a virtual sense of course) and was pounded by Miami to the tune of 34 points. Since then, Orlando has reeled off eight straight wins, seven of them by double digits. As a result, the Magic stand percentage points behind the Heat at the top of the Eastern Conference. The rematch is Nov. 29 and we can already circle that date on our Sim Season calendars.
Through last night, we've played the 140 games the NBA hasn't as part of Sim Season, our Strat-O-Matic simulation of the locked out 2011-12 season. We'll be doing this every day, so check back tomorrow for the results of tonight's action. You can follow me on Twitter for periodic updates on the action. Watch for the #simseason hashtag.
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MAVERICKS 116, HAWKS 98: The defending champion Mavericks rode a six-out-of-seven streak into Atlanta, which had won three of four to climb back to .500. The Hawks jumped out to an eight-point halftime lead with a balanced attacked led by 11 points each from Kirk Hinrich and Joe Johnson. The lead was gone by the middle of the third quarter, when a Dirk Nowitzki hoop put Dallas on top. The Mavericks surged ahead by 12 in the fourth quarter, but Johnson's three pulled the Hawks within six with 4:13 to play. The Mavericks, responding like champs, then reeled off 10 straight. Nowitzki scored six of those points and Dallas scored off the fastbreak on four straight possessions. Nowitzki, who entered the game just 1/10 of a point behind Kevin Durant for the league's scoring lead, racked up 31 more and added 12 rebounds. Shawn Marion's 16 boards led Dallas, which pounded the Hawks 57-36 on the glass. And let's not overlook Jason Kidd's vintage line of 12 points, seven rebounds and 17 assists.
STRAT-O-MATIC BOX SCORE
DALLAS 25 21 33 37 116
ATLANTA 28 26 22 22 98
----FG--- ---3PT--- ---FT--- REBOUNDS
NAME MIN MD AT PCT MD AT PCT MD AT PCT +/- OF DF T AS PF ST TO BK PTS
J.KIDD 42 4 12 33 3 7 43 1 2 50 12 0 7 7 17 2 1 2 0 12
J.TERRY 35 9 16 56 3 4 75 4 4 100 16 1 0 1 2 3 0 2 0 25
D.NOWITZKI 43 11 20 55 0 1 0 9 9 100 22 0 12 12 3 3 1 2 0 31
T.CHANDLER 33 0 2 0 0 0 5 6 83 23 1 8 9 2 4 0 1 4 5
P.STOJAKOVIC 13 3 7 43 1 2 50 0 0 -5 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 7
S.MARION 25 6 12 50 0 1 0 1 2 50 14 6 10 16 3 3 0 1 0 13
J.BAREA 18 5 5 100 2 2 100 0 0 7 1 1 2 4 2 0 1 0 12
B.HAYWOOD 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 2 0 1 0 0
I.MAHINMI 2 1 4 25 0 0 0 0 -5 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
R.FERNANDEZ 16 3 6 50 2 3 67 1 2 50 6 0 4 4 1 3 0 0 0 9
DALLAS 48 42 86 49 11 20 55 21 25 84 13 44 57 32 23 2 11 4 116
----FG--- ---3PT--- ---FT--- REBOUNDS
NAME MIN MD AT PCT MD AT PCT MD AT PCT +/- OF DF T AS PF ST TO BK PTS
A.HORFORD 41 3 10 30 0 0 2 2 100 -24 1 6 7 2 2 0 1 2 8
J.SMITH 35 5 17 29 1 4 25 5 9 56 -14 2 7 9 2 4 2 1 1 16
J.JOHNSON 32 4 13 31 2 6 33 4 4 100 -3 0 5 5 5 3 1 1 1 14
K.HINRICH 41 8 14 57 2 6 33 4 4 100 -8 0 4 4 5 1 1 1 1 22
M.WILLIAMS 41 6 9 67 1 1 100 4 5 80 -24 1 5 6 4 4 0 0 0 17
J.CRAWFORD 21 5 14 36 1 7 14 1 2 50 -21 0 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 12
Z.PACHULIA 9 1 2 50 0 0 2 2 100 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 4
J.TEAGUE 11 0 3 0 0 0 1 2 50 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 1
D.WILKINS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
K.BENSON 7 2 3 67 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 4
ATLANTA 48 34 85 40 7 24 29 23 30 77 7 29 36 23 20 5 5 5 98
DALLAS ATLANTA
Fast Break Pts 16 Fast Break Pts 6
Second Chance Pts 11 Second Chance Pts 9
Points in the Paint 24 Points In the Paint 24
Biggest Lead 18 Biggest Lead 11
BASKETBALL PROSPECTUS BOX SCORE
DAL (7-3)...........PLY% USG PCP +/- GR ATL (4-5)...........PLY% USG PCP +/- GR
nowitzki,dirk........90% 27% 1.19 +22 28.4 hinrich,kirk.........85% 18% 1.50 - 8 22.8
terry,jason..........73% 25% 1.23 +16 22.0 smith,josh...........73% 29% 0.80 -14 18.4
kidd,jason...........88% 15% 1.93 +12 20.2 williams,marvin......85% 12% 1.72 -24 17.5
marion,shawn.........52% 25% 1.26 +14 16.0 johnson,joe..........67% 22% 1.13 - 3 15.9
barea,jose...........38% 14% 2.66 + 7 13.8 horford,al...........85% 12% 0.88 -24 11.3
fernandez,rudy.......33% 18% 1.52 + 6 9.1 crawford,jamal.......44% 33% 0.81 -21 11.0
chandler,tyson.......69% 5% 1.84 +23 8.7 pachulia,zaza........19% 14% 1.53 + 2 4.7
stojakovic,peja......27% 28% 0.83 - 5 5.6 benson,keith.........15% 19% 1.04 + 6 2.9
mahinmi,ian.......... 4% 98% 0.57 - 5 2.1 teague,jeff..........23% 20% 0.48 + 2.3
haywood,brendan......27% 8% 0.17 + 0.4 wilkins,damien....... 4% 25% 0.00 - 4 0.0
beaubois,rodrigue....(DNP) collins,jason........(DNP)
butler,caron.........(DNP) armstrong,hilton.....(DNP)
PACE: 91.8 ORTG eFG% oRB% TO% FTA% PACE: 91.8 ORTG eFG% oRB% TO% FTA%
MAVERICKS........ 126.4 .552 .310 .120 .120 HAWKS............ 106.8 .441 .137 .054 .144
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BOBCATS 88, CAVALIERS 83: Baron Davis scored the game's first basket, then hacked D.J. Augustin on the ensuing trip down the floor, knocking the diminutive Bobcats guard onto the hardwood. It must of made the former Texas star mad, because Augustin hit both free throws and then drilled consecutive three-pointers, leading a 14-point Bobcats run. Charlotte led by 15 after the first and 13 points at the break. The Bobcats appeared to be cruising before Kyrie Irving capped a 10-2 run in the fourth with a bucket, reducing Cleveland's deficit to single digits. A 12-2 run a little later was finished off by back-to-back buckets from Antawn Jamison and Davis. The Bobcats led by just a point. Unfortunately for the Cavs, they were finshed scoring and the Bobcats sealed the win on baskets from Boris Diaw and Corey Maggette in the final minute.
STRAT-O-MATC BOX SCORE
CLEVELAND 19 16 11 37 83
CHARLOTTE 32 16 20 20 88
----FG--- ---3PT--- ---FT--- REBOUNDS
NAME MIN MD AT PCT MD AT PCT MD AT PCT +/- OF DF T AS PF ST TO BK PTS
A.JAMISON 31 5 16 31 0 5 0 3 3 100 -17 1 3 4 0 3 0 2 1 13
B.DAVIS 28 5 9 56 0 3 0 1 2 50 -10 0 2 2 6 1 2 1 0 11
A.VAREJAO 23 0 4 0 0 0 2 2 100 -12 2 7 9 0 3 1 3 4 2
O.CASSPI 16 2 9 22 0 4 0 0 0 -4 2 3 5 1 2 1 1 0 4
K.IRVING 22 3 6 50 1 1 100 0 0 -6 2 0 2 3 2 0 1 1 7
R.SESSIONS 38 9 19 47 0 0 4 4 100 5 2 2 4 5 3 1 0 0 22
D.GIBSON 8 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 0 0 0 0
R.HOLLINS 15 3 5 60 0 0 0 0 12 1 4 5 0 1 1 1 0 6
A.GEE 11 1 4 25 0 3 0 0 0 -1 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 2
C.EYENGA 21 3 9 33 1 3 33 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 2 0 1 0 7
S.SAMUELS 10 1 4 25 0 0 0 0 -5 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 2
T.THOMPSON 17 2 3 67 0 0 3 4 75 12 3 3 6 0 1 1 1 1 7
CLEVELAND 48 34 91 37 2 21 10 13 15 87 16 28 44 20 22 9 11 7 83
----FG--- ---3PT--- ---FT--- REBOUNDS
NAME MIN MD AT PCT MD AT PCT MD AT PCT +/- OF DF T AS PF ST TO BK PTS
B.DIAW 41 9 16 56 3 7 43 2 4 50 6 2 2 4 2 1 0 1 1 23
D.AUGUSTIN 36 7 15 47 4 8 50 6 6 100 4 0 4 4 6 4 2 2 0 24
K.BROWN 29 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 19 2 5 7 1 4 0 1 1 0
G.HENDERSON 34 4 8 50 0 1 0 3 6 50 15 0 3 3 4 3 0 3 1 11
C.MAGGETTE 32 6 9 67 0 0 3 3 100 6 0 12 12 2 2 1 0 0 15
D.CUNNINGHAM 15 2 4 50 0 0 0 0 -4 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 4
T.THOMAS 20 1 1 100 0 0 2 2 100 -6 1 7 8 1 2 0 3 1 4
D.WHITE 7 1 2 50 0 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 2
M.CARROLL 3 1 2 50 0 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
K.WALKER 12 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 1 2 0 3 1 0
B.BIYOMBO 11 1 4 25 0 0 1 1 100 -13 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 3
CHARLOTTE 48 32 68 47 7 16 44 17 22 77 7 35 42 17 23 4 18 5 88
CLEVELAND CHARLOTTE
Fast Break Pts 24 Fast Break Pts 8
Second Chance Pts 8 Second Chance Pts 2
Points in the Paint 20 Points In the Paint 18
Biggest Lead 2 Biggest Lead 22
BASKETBALL PROSPECTUS
CLE (2-7)...........PLY% USG PCP +/- GR CHA (5-4)...........PLY% USG PCP +/- GR
sessions,ramon.......79% 24% 1.17 + 5 23.9 augustin,d.j.........75% 27% 1.36 + 4 29.4
davis,baron..........58% 16% 1.52 -10 13.8 diaw,boris...........85% 23% 1.24 + 6 25.9
eyenga,christian.....44% 21% 1.05 + 9.6 maggette,corey.......67% 15% 1.64 + 6 17.0
jamison,antawn.......65% 28% 0.61 -17 9.1 hendersonjr,gerald...71% 20% 0.87 +15 12.2
thompson,tristan.....35% 14% 1.62 +12 8.3 thomas,tyrus.........42% 11% 1.25 - 6 5.6
irving,kyrie.........46% 13% 1.57 - 6 8.0 cunningham,dante.....31% 20% 0.45 - 4 2.6
hollins,ryan.........31% 17% 1.24 +12 6.4 biyombo,bismack......23% 25% 0.43 -13 2.2
varejao,anderson.....48% 14% 0.69 -12 5.6 brown,kwame..........60% 7% 0.41 +19 1.9
casspi,omri..........33% 28% 0.57 - 4 5.5 white,d.j............15% 29% 0.39 - 1 1.7
gee,alonzo...........23% 15% 0.78 - 1 2.6 carroll,matt......... 6% 34% 0.79 - 2 1.7
samuels,samardo......21% 17% 0.57 - 5 2.0 walker,kemba.........25% 25% 0.18 + 1 1.0
gibson,daniel........17% 15% 0.18 + 1 0.5 najera,eduardo.......(DNP)
PACE: 87.0 ORTG eFG% oRB% TO% FTA% PACE: 87.0 ORTG eFG% oRB% TO% FTA%
CAVALIERS........ 95.4 .385 .314 .126 .076 BOBCATS.......... 101.1 .522 .200 .207 .111
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MAGIC 118, HORNETS 91: The Hornets were trying to snap Orlando's seven-game winning streak, but the Magic wasn't having it. Orlando led wire to wire despite Chris Paul's 21 points and 16 assists. The Magic shot 51 percent from the field, hit 10 three-points, grabbed a third of its own misses and outscored New Orleans 18-6 on second-chance points. All the ingredients for a blowout. Which it was.
STRAT-O-MATIC BOX SCORE
NEW ORLEANS 17 25 24 25 91
ORLANDO 23 38 32 25 118
----FG--- ---3PT--- ---FT--- REBOUNDS
NAME MIN MD AT PCT MD AT PCT MD AT PCT +/- OF DF T AS PF ST TO BK PTS
C.PAUL 46 8 17 47 1 3 33 4 4 100 -25 1 7 8 16 3 4 1 0 21
T.ARIZA 39 5 17 29 0 4 0 3 4 75 -17 0 6 6 0 1 3 1 0 13
D.WEST 39 9 22 41 0 0 6 6 100 -20 4 4 8 1 5 1 2 3 24
E.OKAFOR 17 1 4 25 0 0 3 5 60 -14 1 2 3 1 5 0 2 0 5
M.BELINELLI 17 2 7 29 1 6 17 0 0 -9 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 5
C.LANDRY 15 2 4 50 0 0 1 1 100 -13 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 5
J.JACK 16 2 6 33 1 1 100 2 2 100 -9 0 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 7
W.GREEN 17 2 4 50 1 2 50 0 0 -11 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 5
J.SMITH 2 2 2 100 0 0 0 0 -4 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4
Q.PONDEXTER 11 1 4 25 0 0 0 0 -8 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 2
A.GRAY 15 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 -6 2 6 8 1 1 0 0 0 0
D.ILUNGA-MBE 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 3 0 1 0 0
NEW ORLEANS 48 34 89 38 4 16 25 19 22 86 13 30 43 26 23 9 12 4 91
----FG--- ---3PT--- ---FT--- REBOUNDS
NAME MIN MD AT PCT MD AT PCT MD AT PCT +/- OF DF T AS PF ST TO BK PTS
D.HOWARD 36 7 12 58 0 0 8 16 50 19 3 9 12 2 5 0 3 0 22
J.RICHARDSON 44 5 15 33 2 6 33 1 2 50 27 1 6 7 7 0 1 1 1 13
H.TURKOGLU 31 8 12 67 3 4 75 0 0 19 0 5 5 2 1 1 2 0 19
J.NELSON 36 10 18 56 3 9 33 1 1 100 14 0 3 3 4 2 1 0 0 24
B.BASS 23 4 6 67 0 0 3 3 100 14 2 2 4 1 3 0 0 1 11
G.ARENAS 12 1 6 17 0 2 0 1 2 50 13 0 3 3 0 3 1 2 0 3
J.REDICK 19 2 5 40 2 3 67 0 0 6 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 6
R.ANDERSON 26 4 9 44 0 0 6 6 100 13 5 4 9 3 1 0 0 1 14
Q.RICHARDSON 4 1 1 100 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
J.HARPER 9 2 2 100 0 0 0 0 10 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 4
ORLANDO 48 44 86 51 10 24 42 20 30 67 14 36 50 21 16 5 10 3 118
NEW ORLEANS ORLANDO
Fast Break Pts 14 Fast Break Pts 6
Second Chance Pts 6 Second Chance Pts 18
Points in the Paint 26 Points In the Paint 40
Biggest Lead 0 Biggest Lead 30
BASKETBALL PROSPECTUS BOX SCORE
NWO (4-5)...........PLY% USG PCP +/- GR ORL (8-2)...........PLY% USG PCP +/- GR
paul,chris...........96% 18% 1.78 -25 27.4 nelson,jameer........75% 22% 1.44 +14 24.0
west,david...........81% 30% 0.86 -20 21.6 howard,dwight........75% 27% 0.99 +19 21.7
ariza,trevor.........81% 22% 0.70 -17 11.5 turkoglu,hedo........65% 19% 1.58 +19 20.4
jack,jarrett.........33% 24% 0.93 - 9 8.0 richardson,jason.....92% 16% 1.28 +27 18.2
belinelli,marco......35% 17% 1.14 - 9 7.5 anderson,ryan........54% 19% 1.49 +13 15.3
green,willie.........35% 11% 1.47 -11 6.1 bass,brandon.........48% 13% 1.59 +14 10.6
landry,carl..........31% 11% 1.31 -13 4.6 redick,j.j...........40% 12% 1.47 + 6 7.6
okafor,emeka.........35% 21% 0.54 -14 4.2 harper,justin........19% 13% 1.98 +10 5.2
smith,jason.......... 4% 46% 1.35 - 4 2.6 arenas,gilbert.......25% 34% 0.31 +13 2.6
gray,aaron...........31% 3% 2.26 - 6 2.5 richardson,quentin... 8% 9% 2.43 + 2.0
pondexter,quincy.....23% 24% 0.42 - 8 2.2 allen,malik..........(DNP)
ilungambenga,didier..13% 5% 0.16 + 1 0.1 duhon,chris..........(DNP)
PACE: 92.6 ORTG eFG% oRB% TO% FTA% PACE: 92.6 ORTG eFG% oRB% TO% FTA%
HORNETS.......... 98.3 .404 .265 .130 .105 MAGIC............ 127.5 .570 .318 .108 .143
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ROCKETS 125, NETS 116: Kevin Martin's 14 first-quarter points got the Rockets off to a hot start, but Jordan Farmar and Travis Outlaw hit threes during a 10-point Nets run early in the second quarter that tied the game. Houston finished the quarter strong and led by nine at the break behind Martin's 22 points. Martin tacked on 21 more in the second half as Houston held off a couple of Nets rallies that trimmed the lead to three points. Kyle Lowry had 15 points, six boards and 10 assists in support of Martin, who needed only 19 shots to compile his 43 points. Deron Williams had 24 points and 18 assists and Kris Humphries added 16 points and 16 rebounds, but the Nets dropped their sixth straight.
STRAT-O-MATIC BOX SCORE
NEW JERSEY 25 31 29 31 116
HOUSTON 33 32 27 33 125
----FG--- ---3PT--- ---FT--- REBOUNDS
NAME MIN MD AT PCT MD AT PCT MD AT PCT +/- OF DF T AS PF ST TO BK PTS
B.LOPEZ 40 10 19 53 0 0 5 6 83 -12 0 4 4 1 2 0 2 1 25
D.WILLIAMS 37 9 16 56 3 6 50 3 3 100 -5 1 2 3 18 4 0 3 0 24
T.OUTLAW 32 6 13 46 2 5 40 0 0 4 1 2 3 4 5 0 0 1 14
K.HUMPHRIES 33 8 16 50 0 0 0 2 0 -11 4 12 16 0 4 0 2 2 16
S.GRAHAM 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
A.MORROW 23 4 6 67 0 1 0 0 0 -13 0 1 1 5 4 0 0 0 8
J.FARMAR 19 3 7 43 2 5 40 0 0 -4 1 0 1 1 2 1 2 0 8
J.PETRO 8 2 5 40 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 4
D.JAMES 12 2 2 100 0 0 0 0 -4 2 1 3 0 2 2 1 0 4
M.BROOKS 20 3 3 100 1 1 100 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 3 0 1 0 7
J.WILLIAMS 9 3 3 100 0 0 0 1 0 -4 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 6
NEW JERSEY 48 50 91 55 8 18 44 8 12 67 9 24 33 36 27 3 13 4 116
----FG--- ---3PT--- ---FT--- REBOUNDS
NAME MIN MD AT PCT MD AT PCT MD AT PCT +/- OF DF T AS PF ST TO BK PTS
K.MARTIN 34 14 19 74 7 10 70 8 9 89 12 0 4 4 1 1 0 0 0 43
K.LOWRY 40 4 12 33 2 6 33 5 10 50 12 2 4 6 10 1 0 0 0 15
L.SCOLA 28 6 11 55 0 0 6 6 100 -1 3 4 7 0 4 0 4 0 18
C.HAYES 35 2 6 33 0 0 2 2 100 1 2 3 5 3 3 4 1 0 6
C.BUDINGER 25 1 5 20 0 2 0 2 2 100 9 1 3 4 2 2 1 1 0 4
C.LEE 19 5 8 62 1 2 50 3 4 75 1 0 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 14
G.DRAGIC 9 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0
J.HILL 15 4 6 67 0 0 0 2 0 -2 3 1 4 0 3 0 1 0 8
P.PATTERSON 9 2 3 67 0 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 4
H.THABEET 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
M.MORRIS 25 4 8 50 1 3 33 4 4 100 13 1 4 5 1 1 1 0 0 13
HOUSTON 48 42 79 53 11 24 46 30 39 77 14 27 41 21 15 6 12 0 125
NEW JERSEY HOUSTON
Fast Break Pts 20 Fast Break Pts 16
Second Chance Pts 8 Second Chance Pts 16
Points in the Paint 36 Points In the Paint 30
Biggest Lead 4 Biggest Lead 13
BASKETBALL PROSPECTUS BOX SCORE
NJN (3-6)...........PLY% USG PCP +/- GR HOU (5-4)...........PLY% USG PCP +/- GR
williams,deron.......77% 24% 1.77 - 5 33.3 martin,kevin.........71% 31% 1.81 +12 43.3
lopez,brook..........83% 26% 0.95 -12 20.9 lowry,kyle...........83% 17% 1.45 +12 21.5
outlaw,travis........67% 17% 1.28 + 4 16.4 scola,luis...........58% 29% 0.88 - 1 14.5
humphries,kris.......69% 25% 0.94 -11 15.8 lee,courtney.........40% 23% 1.44 + 1 13.3
farmar,jordan........40% 20% 1.04 - 4 8.7 morris,marcus........52% 16% 1.48 +13 12.5
brooks,marshon.......42% 7% 2.75 + 1 8.5 hayes,chuck..........73% 8% 1.42 + 1 10.0
morrow,anthony.......48% 10% 1.75 -13 7.8 hill,jordan..........31% 23% 0.91 - 2 7.1
williams,jordan......19% 16% 1.62 - 4 4.6 budinger,chase.......52% 11% 0.94 + 9 5.0
james,damion.........25% 10% 1.67 - 4 4.1 patterson,patrick....19% 19% 1.05 - 1 4.3
petro,johan..........17% 40% 0.58 + 3 3.6 dragic,goran.........19% 19% 0.57 - 1 2.3
graham,stephen.......15% 5% 0.95 + 0.6 thabeet,hasheem...... 2% 48% 0.27 + 2 0.3
wright,brandan.......(DNP) flynn,jonny..........(DNP)
PACE: 93.3 ORTG eFG% oRB% TO% FTA% PACE: 93.3 ORTG eFG% oRB% TO% FTA%
NETS............. 124.3 .593 .250 .139 .057 ROCKETS.......... 133.9 .601 .368 .129 .184
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GRIZZLIES 115, TIMBERWOLVES 112: A wild back-and-forth opening quarter ended on mano y mano threes from Martell Webster and Shane Battier, leaving the Grizzlies up by a point. The second quarter was all Memphis, which pulled ahead by 17 by the end of its 72-point first half. My beloved T-Wolves chipped away at the deficit but still trailed by 12 with 8:12 to play. But you cannot contain the Timberwolves. Minnesota reeled off 12 in a row and tied the score on Michael Beasley's lay-up with 4:08 remaining. The teams traded baskets for a couple of minutes, then Rudy Gay's score in the lane put Memphis up three with 39 seconds to go. Darko Milicic answered with a jumper, but Rudy Gay hit two free throws. The T-Wolves had one last shot, but Wesley Johnson missed a three and Gay secured the rebound to complete the upset. One day after being declared Bradford Doolittle's favorite Sim Season player, Ricky Rubio had two points on 1-of-7 shooting and three assists in 23 minutes. What a bummer.
STRAT-O-MATIC BOX SCORE
MINNESOTA 33 22 29 28 112
MEMPHIS 34 38 22 21 115
----FG--- ---3PT--- ---FT--- REBOUNDS
NAME MIN MD AT PCT MD AT PCT MD AT PCT +/- OF DF T AS PF ST TO BK PTS
K.LOVE 39 7 13 54 0 2 0 11 11 100 -8 2 3 5 4 4 1 3 1 25
M.BEASLEY 15 4 7 57 0 0 0 0 -9 0 3 3 2 5 0 4 1 8
W.JOHNSON 34 3 8 38 2 7 29 0 0 8 0 5 5 2 1 0 1 1 8
D.MILICIC 22 6 11 55 0 0 1 2 50 4 2 4 6 0 4 1 3 0 13
R.RUBIO 23 1 7 14 0 2 0 0 0 -1 1 3 4 3 1 0 0 0 2
L.RIDNOUR 25 3 7 43 1 3 33 0 0 -2 0 2 2 4 2 1 5 0 7
A.TOLLIVER 6 2 4 50 0 1 0 0 0 -14 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 4
W.ELLINGTON 11 2 4 50 0 1 0 0 0 -6 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 4
M.WEBSTER 16 5 6 83 4 4 100 0 0 5 0 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 14
A.RANDOLPH 18 5 7 71 0 0 2 5 40 9 0 3 3 2 3 1 1 1 12
B.MILLER 7 1 4 25 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 1 0 1 0 2
D.WILLIAMS 24 6 8 75 0 0 1 1 100 -1 2 2 4 2 4 2 2 0 13
MINNESOTA 48 45 86 52 7 22 32 15 19 79 9 32 41 26 27 7 21 4 112
----FG--- ---3PT--- ---FT--- REBOUNDS
NAME MIN MD AT PCT MD AT PCT MD AT PCT +/- OF DF T AS PF ST TO BK PTS
M.CONLEY 39 5 18 28 0 1 0 2 2 100 6 2 6 8 9 0 2 1 0 12
Z.RANDOLPH 43 9 20 45 0 2 0 7 8 88 11 7 7 14 4 5 2 3 0 25
M.GASOL 39 5 10 50 0 0 3 4 75 3 1 7 8 2 4 0 6 2 13
R.GAY 31 7 12 58 0 0 13 13 100 10 1 4 5 0 3 2 0 0 27
T.ALLEN 24 2 4 50 0 0 4 6 67 -2 1 3 4 3 2 1 2 0 8
S.BATTIER 17 6 7 86 1 2 50 0 0 -7 1 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 13
O.MAYO 25 4 7 57 2 2 100 2 2 100 2 0 0 0 4 1 2 1 1 12
D.ARTHUR 12 1 1 100 0 0 0 0 -8 0 1 1 0 2 0 3 0 2
G.VASQUEZ 7 1 6 17 1 4 25 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 3
X.HENRY 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
H.HADDADI 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MEMPHIS 48 40 85 47 4 11 36 31 35 89 13 31 44 23 19 11 17 3 115
MINNESOTA MEMPHIS
Fast Break Pts 8 Fast Break Pts 24
Second Chance Pts 14 Second Chance Pts 17
Points in the Paint 44 Points In the Paint 38
Biggest Lead 3 Biggest Lead 21
BASKETBALL PROSPECTUS BOX SCORE
MIN (6-3)...........PLY% USG PCP +/- GR MEM (6-3)...........PLY% USG PCP +/- GR
love,kevin...........81% 22% 1.17 - 8 21.2 randolph,zach........90% 25% 1.05 +11 25.4
webster,martell......33% 15% 2.91 + 5 13.8 gay,rudy.............65% 23% 1.35 +10 20.9
williams,derrick.....50% 17% 1.28 - 1 12.6 conley,mike..........81% 20% 1.04 + 6 19.9
milicic,darko........46% 28% 0.78 + 4 10.8 mayo,o.j.............52% 13% 1.87 + 2 12.9
randolph,anthony.....38% 23% 1.17 + 9 10.6 gasol,marc...........81% 18% 0.82 + 3 11.2
johnson,wesley.......71% 10% 1.33 + 8 10.5 battier,shane........35% 18% 1.59 - 7 8.9
ridnour,luke.........52% 19% 0.83 - 2 8.3 allen,tony...........50% 13% 1.23 - 2 8.7
beasley,michael......31% 31% 0.69 - 9 6.7 vasquez,greivis......15% 36% 0.82 + 4.7
rubio,ricky..........48% 12% 0.73 - 1 4.5 arthur,darrell.......25% 12% 0.37 - 8 1.2
ellington,wayne......23% 18% 1.05 - 6 4.4 henry,xavier......... 4% 23% 0.00 - 3 0.0
miller,brad..........15% 30% 0.87 + 4.0 haddadi,hamed........(DNP)
tolliver,anthony.....13% 28% 0.99 -14 3.5 young,sam............(DNP)
PACE: 101.2 ORTG eFG% oRB% TO% FTA% PACE: 101.2 ORTG eFG% oRB% TO% FTA%
TIMBERWOLVES..... 110.7 .564 .225 .208 .083 GRIZZLIES........ 113.7 .494 .289 .168 .152
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TRAIL BLAZERS 111, BUCKS 89: It was kind of an important early-season game for Portland. While the Blazers' record (3-6) was in part a product of a difficult schedule, things still appeared to be heading in the wrong direction. Portland was coming off back-to-back losses to Chicago and Indiana in which they scored well under a point per possession. The Blazers traveled to Milwaukee for the second of a four-game road trip, hoping to get well against the Bucks, who had dropped six straight. Portland jumped out to a 14-point lead after the first behind 13 points from Wesley Matthews. The Blazers led by 20 at the half and eased in for the much-needed win. The Blazers controlled the boards and got 21 points on 8-of-11 shooting from Brandon Roy. The Bucks got five three-pointers from Carlos Delfino, but the rest of the roster was 0-of-14 from deep.
STRAT-O-MATIC BOX SCORE
PORTLAND 32 35 22 22 111
MILWAUKEE 18 29 21 21 89
----FG--- ---3PT--- ---FT--- REBOUNDS
NAME MIN MD AT PCT MD AT PCT MD AT PCT +/- OF DF T AS PF ST TO BK PTS
L.ALDRIDGE 37 5 9 56 0 0 4 4 100 15 3 6 9 1 3 0 2 3 14
W.MATTHEWS 35 7 18 39 3 9 33 5 6 83 13 0 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 22
N.BATUM 31 5 12 42 1 5 20 3 4 75 12 0 4 4 0 3 1 1 1 14
M.CAMBY 27 1 2 50 0 0 0 0 11 5 3 8 4 3 2 2 1 2
R.FELTON 41 6 14 43 1 5 20 4 5 80 19 0 5 5 7 2 1 4 0 17
G.WALLACE 16 3 6 50 0 1 0 3 5 60 6 2 4 6 4 0 0 0 2 9
B.ROY 23 8 11 73 1 1 100 4 4 100 15 2 1 3 2 5 0 2 0 21
A.JOHNSON 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
C.JOHNSON 8 1 2 50 0 0 2 2 100 10 2 3 5 1 1 1 1 0 4
L.BABBITT 2 1 1 100 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
G.ODEN 13 3 7 43 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 6 2 3 0 0 0 6
N.SMITH 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0
PORTLAND 48 40 83 48 6 21 29 25 30 83 16 34 50 24 25 6 13 7 111
----FG--- ---3PT--- ---FT--- REBOUNDS
NAME MIN MD AT PCT MD AT PCT MD AT PCT +/- OF DF T AS PF ST TO BK PTS
A.BOGUT 29 2 8 25 0 0 0 0 -18 2 5 7 1 4 0 5 5 4
B.JENNINGS 24 8 15 53 0 5 0 2 2 100 -7 0 3 3 4 3 1 0 0 18
L.MOUTE 27 1 5 20 0 0 4 4 100 -16 4 2 6 0 3 0 1 0 6
C.DELFINO 34 5 10 50 5 8 62 2 4 50 -14 1 3 4 4 4 3 1 0 17
S.JACKSON 32 1 10 10 0 4 0 2 2 100 -18 0 4 4 3 2 1 0 1 4
E.ILYASOVA 18 2 7 29 0 3 0 1 2 50 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 5
L.SANDERS 17 3 6 50 0 0 1 2 50 -8 2 2 4 0 0 1 1 1 7
D.GOODEN 24 4 8 50 0 0 2 4 50 -14 0 6 6 0 0 0 1 0 10
B.UDRIH 23 1 4 25 0 1 0 3 3 100 -15 0 1 1 4 3 0 0 0 5
S.LIVINGSTON 7 2 2 100 0 0 5 6 83 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
T.HARRIS 5 1 2 50 0 1 0 2 2 100 -5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
MILWAUKEE 48 30 77 39 5 22 23 24 31 77 10 27 37 17 20 7 10 8 89
PORTLAND MILWAUKEE
Fast Break Pts 10 Fast Break Pts 8
Second Chance Pts 12 Second Chance Pts 9
Points in the Paint 30 Points In the Paint 18
Biggest Lead 25 Biggest Lead 0
BASKETBALL PROSPECTUS BOX SCORE
POR (4-6)...........PLY% USG PCP +/- GR MIL (2-8)...........PLY% USG PCP +/- GR
matthews,wesley......73% 28% 1.07 +13 26.0 delfino,carlos.......71% 17% 1.76 -14 22.2
felton,raymond.......85% 21% 1.15 +19 19.9 jennings,brandon.....50% 32% 1.11 - 7 19.4
roy,brandon..........48% 29% 1.37 +15 17.3 gooden,drew..........50% 21% 0.93 -14 9.9
aldridge,lamarcus....77% 14% 1.37 +15 14.7 sanders,larry........35% 22% 0.98 - 8 7.4
wallace,gerald.......33% 22% 1.68 + 6 12.9 mbahamoute,luc.......56% 13% 0.82 -16 7.1
batum,nicolas........65% 20% 0.98 +12 11.4 livingston,shaun.....15% 32% 1.53 + 3 6.7
camby,marcus.........56% 4% 3.18 +11 7.8 udrih,beno...........48% 10% 1.33 -15 6.6
oden,greg............27% 23% 1.15 + 2 7.4 jackson,stephen......67% 15% 0.63 -18 6.5
johnson,chris........17% 21% 1.60 +10 4.9 bogut,andrew.........60% 21% 0.47 -18 6.3
johnson,armon........ 6% 17% 1.89 + 4 2.2 ilyasova,ersan.......38% 20% 0.74 + 2 5.3
babbitt,luke......... 4% 22% 1.49 + 4 1.3 harris,tobias........10% 38% 0.81 - 5 3.5
smith,nolan.......... 8% 9% 0.00 - 1 0.0 dooling,keyon........(DNP)
PACE: 88.2 ORTG eFG% oRB% TO% FTA% PACE: 88.2 ORTG eFG% oRB% TO% FTA%
TRAILBLAZERS..... 125.8 .518 .372 .147 .150 BUCKS............ 100.9 .422 .227 .113 .155
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SPURS 115, KINGS 91: The Spurs were trying to rebound from back-to-back losses, always a good time to welcome the 2-8 Kings to town. Sacramento stayed close for a 1 1/2 quarters, but Tiago Splitter keyed a 12-2 second-quarter run for San Antonio, and the Spurs spent the rest of the game increasing their lead. Tony Parker scored 29 points and harrassed Jimmer Fredette into a 4-of-17 shooting performance.
STRAT-O-MATIC BOX SCORE
SACRAMENTO 29 19 21 22 91
SAN ANTONIO 29 31 26 29 115
----FG--- ---3PT--- ---FT--- REBOUNDS
NAME MIN MD AT PCT MD AT PCT MD AT PCT +/- OF DF T AS PF ST TO BK PTS
D.COUSINS 32 5 10 50 0 0 5 7 71 -7 3 3 6 1 2 0 4 0 15
T.EVANS 31 3 9 33 0 2 0 0 0 -16 0 3 3 1 5 1 5 0 6
J.HICKSON 23 2 9 22 0 0 11 13 85 -4 5 5 10 0 0 0 3 1 15
J.SALMONS 38 8 15 53 1 3 33 2 2 100 -15 0 4 4 2 2 1 1 0 19
J.FREDETTE 44 4 17 24 2 12 17 0 0 -22 0 4 4 6 2 3 1 0 10
S.DALEMBERT 16 2 2 100 0 0 1 2 50 -17 1 2 3 2 3 0 2 0 5
J.THOMPSON 25 4 5 80 0 0 0 0 -20 1 4 5 0 3 1 3 0 8
F.GARCIA 21 3 5 60 0 2 0 0 0 -18 0 2 2 3 1 1 1 0 6
I.THOMAS 10 3 4 75 1 1 100 0 0 -1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 7
SACRAMENTO 48 34 76 45 4 20 20 19 24 79 10 28 38 17 18 7 20 1 91
----FG--- ---3PT--- ---FT--- REBOUNDS
NAME MIN MD AT PCT MD AT PCT MD AT PCT +/- OF DF T AS PF ST TO BK PTS
T.PARKER 32 13 22 59 0 1 0 3 3 100 9 1 1 2 6 2 1 2 0 29
R.JEFFERSON 15 2 4 50 1 2 50 0 0 11 0 4 4 2 2 1 1 0 5
M.GINOBILI 32 5 12 42 2 5 40 0 0 8 1 3 4 4 1 0 0 0 12
T.DUNCAN 29 4 8 50 0 0 2 2 100 15 2 4 6 4 4 2 1 2 10
D.BLAIR 24 4 13 31 0 0 5 6 83 7 4 7 11 1 3 3 2 0 13
G.NEAL 22 5 10 50 4 7 57 0 0 23 0 1 1 4 1 0 1 0 14
M.BONNER 21 4 6 67 2 3 67 0 0 16 0 2 2 2 1 2 0 1 10
A.McDYESS 14 2 3 67 0 0 1 2 50 15 2 3 5 1 2 0 1 0 5
T.SPLITTER 15 4 7 57 0 0 0 0 6 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 8
C.JOSEPH 10 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 0 0
K.LEONARD 26 4 4 100 0 0 1 2 50 2 0 0 0 3 3 2 2 1 9
SAN ANTONIO 48 47 90 52 9 19 47 12 15 80 11 29 40 30 20 12 11 5 115
SACRAMENTO SAN ANTONIO
Fast Break Pts 22 Fast Break Pts 12
Second Chance Pts 9 Second Chance Pts 10
Points in the Paint 20 Points In the Paint 36
Biggest Lead 5 Biggest Lead 28
BASKETBALL PROSPECTUS BOX SCORE
SAC (2-9)...........PLY% USG PCP +/- GR SAS (6-3)...........PLY% USG PCP +/- GR
salmons,john.........79% 20% 1.14 -15 19.3 parker,tony..........67% 37% 1.12 + 9 27.8
fredette,jimmer......92% 18% 0.91 -22 15.0 ginobili,manu........67% 16% 1.35 + 8 16.9
cousins,demarcus.....67% 24% 0.84 - 7 14.8 neal,gary............46% 22% 1.63 +23 15.6
hickson,j.j..........48% 36% 0.85 - 4 14.3 duncan,tim...........60% 14% 1.41 +15 12.0
thomas,isaiah........21% 17% 2.16 - 1 9.0 blair,dejuan.........50% 34% 0.84 + 7 11.5
thompson,jason.......52% 13% 1.01 -20 7.3 bonner,matt..........44% 11% 2.30 +16 11.1
garcia,francisco.....44% 12% 1.41 -18 7.0 leonard,kawhi........54% 10% 1.58 + 2 8.6
evans,tyreke.........65% 20% 0.39 -16 6.2 splitter,tiago.......31% 20% 1.31 + 6 7.7
dalembert,samuel.....33% 13% 1.23 -17 5.3 jefferson,richard....31% 14% 1.56 +11 6.2
jackson,darnell......(DNP) mcdyess,antonio......29% 15% 1.27 +15 5.1
greene,donte.........(DNP) joseph,cory..........21% 7% 1.04 + 8 1.5
thornton,marcus......(DNP) anderson,james.......(DNP)
PACE: 92.7 ORTG eFG% oRB% TO% FTA% PACE: 92.7 ORTG eFG% oRB% TO% FTA%
KINGS............ 98.1 .474 .256 .216 .114 SPURS............ 124.0 .572 .282 .119 .071
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NUGGETS 123, WIZARD 96: Our system can kick out some unsightly point spreads early in the season but it was still startling to see it register Denver as 41-point favorites against the Wizards with over 10 percent of the season in the books. That tells you a lot about how the season has gone so far for these teams. Wouldn't you know it? Washington scored the first nine points of the game, a spurt capped by a Rashard Lewis trey and still the Nuggets led nine after one quarter. Denver went on an 18-2 run in the second and pushed the lead to 30 at one point in the first half. Could they actually cover that 41-point spread? Not quite. The Wizards had 10-point run in the third to trim the lead to 16, but the Nuggets bounced back and actually led by 37 before the Wizards closed the gap down the stretch. So the Nuggets came up "short" but it's a small victory for Washington nonetheless. Very small.
STRAT-O-MATIC BOX SCORE
WASHINGTON 26 13 31 26 96
DENVER 35 30 27 31 123
----FG--- ---3PT--- ---FT--- REBOUNDS
NAME MIN MD AT PCT MD AT PCT MD AT PCT +/- OF DF T AS PF ST TO BK PTS
J.WALL 30 8 12 67 2 3 67 4 5 80 8 1 4 5 7 2 2 7 1 22
J.McGEE 31 5 6 83 0 0 0 0 3 2 7 9 1 4 0 5 4 10
A.BLATCHE 30 6 15 40 0 0 0 0 -22 1 5 6 0 5 2 6 0 12
N.YOUNG 28 7 11 64 1 2 50 2 2 100 15 0 2 2 3 2 1 0 1 17
R.LEWIS 29 4 9 44 1 4 25 2 2 100 1 2 2 4 1 4 3 0 0 11
Y.JIANLIAN 6 2 3 67 0 0 0 0 -11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
T.BOOKER 18 2 7 29 0 0 0 0 -35 3 3 6 0 1 2 4 2 4
J.CRAWFORD 22 2 5 40 1 3 33 1 2 50 -39 0 2 2 2 4 0 3 0 6
J.VESELY 11 1 1 100 1 1 100 0 0 -20 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 3
C.SINGLETON 17 1 2 50 0 0 2 2 100 0 1 2 3 2 4 0 0 1 4
S.MACK 18 1 6 17 0 3 0 1 2 50 -35 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 3
WASHINGTON 48 39 77 51 6 16 38 12 15 80 10 28 38 18 30 12 25 9 96
----FG--- ---3PT--- ---FT--- REBOUNDS
NAME MIN MD AT PCT MD AT PCT MD AT PCT +/- OF DF T AS PF ST TO BK PTS
A.AFFLALO 35 4 12 33 1 6 17 2 2 100 13 0 3 3 3 2 1 0 0 11
N.HILARIO 42 6 9 67 0 0 4 5 80 26 1 12 13 3 1 2 1 3 16
D.GALLINARI 28 6 15 40 5 8 62 8 8 100 -4 2 2 4 0 1 1 1 0 25
T.LAWSON 22 7 9 78 1 1 100 1 2 50 5 0 0 0 3 1 1 4 0 16
K.FARIED 12 3 4 75 0 0 2 2 100 0 3 2 5 1 1 2 2 1 8
A.HARRINGTON 21 5 8 62 2 3 67 0 0 12 1 2 3 1 1 0 2 0 12
G.FORBES 15 2 5 40 0 1 0 2 3 67 18 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 6
C.ANDERSEN 12 2 3 67 0 0 1 2 50 13 2 0 2 0 0 1 3 0 5
K.KOUFOS 4 1 1 100 0 0 2 2 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4
A.MILLER 26 3 6 50 0 0 7 9 78 22 0 2 2 7 0 0 1 0 13
J.HAMILTON 23 3 6 50 1 3 33 0 0 30 0 1 1 2 2 4 2 0 7
DENVER 48 42 78 54 10 22 45 29 35 83 9 26 35 22 9 14 16 4 123
WASHINGTON DENVER
Fast Break Pts 22 Fast Break Pts 26
Second Chance Pts 12 Second Chance Pts 11
Points in the Paint 32 Points In the Paint 24
Biggest Lead 9 Biggest Lead 37
BASKETBALL PROSPECTUS BOX SCORE
WAS (2-7)...........PLY% USG PCP +/- GR DEN (7-1)...........PLY% USG PCP +/- GR
wall,john............63% 32% 1.23 + 8 24.5 gallinari,danilo.....58% 31% 1.30 - 4 23.4
young,nick...........58% 18% 1.51 +15 17.8 hilario,nene.........88% 12% 1.78 +26 18.7
mcgee,javale.........65% 15% 1.08 + 3 11.5 miller,andre.........54% 18% 1.52 +22 15.9
lewis,rashard........60% 14% 1.24 + 1 11.1 lawson,ty............46% 28% 1.17 + 5 13.2
blatche,andray.......63% 32% 0.51 -22 9.0 afflalo,arron........73% 15% 1.02 +13 11.7
crawford,jordan......46% 17% 0.75 -39 6.6 harrington,al........44% 20% 1.31 +12 11.4
booker,trevor........38% 27% 0.55 -35 5.7 faried,kenneth.......25% 25% 1.40 + 9.8
singleton,chris......35% 6% 1.97 + 4.5 hamilton,jordan......48% 14% 1.20 +30 9.4
mack,shelvin.........38% 16% 0.64 -35 4.1 forbes,gary..........31% 18% 1.13 +18 6.5
jianlian,yi..........13% 22% 1.11 -11 3.0 andersen,chris.......25% 25% 0.76 +13 5.0
vesely,jan...........23% 2% 4.59 -20 2.6 koufos,kosta......... 8% 20% 2.14 + 3.7
seraphin,kevin.......(DNP) mozgov,timofey.......(DNP)
PACE: 95.5 ORTG eFG% oRB% TO% FTA% PACE: 95.5 ORTG eFG% oRB% TO% FTA%
WIZARDS.......... 100.5 .545 .278 .262 .069 NUGGETS.......... 128.8 .603 .243 .168 .161
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BULLS 113, CLIPPERS 96: Luol Deng has had a solid but quiet start for the Bulls, but he stood out on Saturday with 15 first quarter points. Nevertheless, the Clippers led by 12 midway through the second quarter. Deng capped a 10-2 run as Chicago edged closer and finished with 23 points by the break, at which the Bulls trailed by just a point. Mo Williams heated up in the third, scoring 14 points and leading a 10-2 run to finish the quarter that left the Clippers up by four. Deng scored early in the fourth to knot the score, then Derrick Rose took over, scoring 13 points down the stretch as the Bulls pulled away. Chicago won its third straight and improved to 3-1 on the eight-game circus trip--the annual stretch of road games dictated by the circus that takes over the United Center each November. The Bulls outscored the Clippers 37-16 in the fourth as Deng finished with a season-high 34 points.
STRAT-O-MATIC BOX SCORE
CHICAGO 22 24 30 37 113
LOS ANGELES C 28 19 33 16 96
----FG--- ---3PT--- ---FT--- REBOUNDS
NAME MIN MD AT PCT MD AT PCT MD AT PCT +/- OF DF T AS PF ST TO BK PTS
L.DENG 39 15 25 60 4 11 36 0 0 20 0 4 4 4 1 1 2 0 34
D.ROSE 39 9 15 60 2 7 29 7 8 88 20 0 3 3 12 1 0 1 1 27
C.BOOZER 25 6 9 67 0 0 3 3 100 34 1 11 12 5 4 0 0 0 15
R.BREWER 20 1 3 33 0 1 0 0 0 11 0 4 4 2 0 1 1 0 2
J.NOAH 27 2 7 29 0 0 4 4 100 29 4 5 9 1 5 1 2 1 8
T.GIBSON 25 4 6 67 0 0 0 0 -19 3 4 7 0 3 1 1 0 8
K.KORVER 12 3 8 38 2 5 40 0 0 0 2 1 3 1 2 2 1 0 8
K.BOGANS 15 3 5 60 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 1 2 3 3 0 0 0 6
O.ASIK 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 -17 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0
C.WATSON 9 1 2 50 0 1 0 1 2 50 -3 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 3
K.THOMAS 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
J.BUTLER 9 1 4 25 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 2
CHICAGO 48 45 84 54 8 27 30 15 17 88 12 36 48 31 23 6 11 4 113
----FG--- ---3PT--- ---FT--- REBOUNDS
NAME MIN MD AT PCT MD AT PCT MD AT PCT +/- OF DF T AS PF ST TO BK PTS
B.GRIFFIN 37 6 11 55 0 0 3 7 43 -17 0 5 5 6 3 0 3 0 15
E.GORDON 40 5 13 38 1 5 20 2 2 100 -20 0 2 2 7 0 0 0 0 13
R.GOMES 27 1 5 20 1 4 25 0 2 0 -5 1 3 4 2 2 2 2 0 3
D.JORDAN 22 3 5 60 0 1 0 0 1 0 -10 5 1 6 0 4 0 1 0 6
M.WILLIAMS 31 11 21 52 7 10 70 1 1 100 -4 1 3 4 2 4 0 1 0 30
E.BLEDSOE 18 1 5 20 0 0 0 0 -10 2 3 5 1 2 1 4 0 2
R.FOYE 11 0 3 0 0 0 4 5 80 -3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
A.AMINU 17 1 3 33 0 0 6 8 75 -9 1 3 4 0 1 3 0 0 8
C.KAMAN 26 5 12 42 0 0 2 4 50 -7 3 4 7 0 1 1 0 2 12
T.THOMPKINS 11 0 0 0 0 3 4 75 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3
LOS ANGELES 48 33 78 42 9 20 45 21 34 62 13 25 38 18 17 7 12 2 96
CHICAGO LOS ANGELES C
Fast Break Pts 14 Fast Break Pts 10
Second Chance Pts 8 Second Chance Pts 12
Points in the Paint 26 Points In the Paint 26
Biggest Lead 17 Biggest Lead 12
BASKETBALL PROSPECTUS BOX SCORE
CHI (7-3)...........PLY% USG PCP +/- GR LAC (4-7)...........PLY% USG PCP +/- GR
deng,luol............81% 33% 1.32 +20 36.2 williams,maurice.....65% 34% 1.43 - 4 32.2
rose,derrick.........81% 23% 1.77 +20 28.2 gordon,eric..........83% 15% 1.37 -20 18.7
boozer,carlos........52% 18% 1.88 +34 19.4 griffin,blake........77% 21% 1.07 -17 16.1
korver,kyle..........25% 36% 1.12 + 9.5 kaman,chris..........54% 24% 0.96 - 7 14.3
noah,joakim..........56% 18% 0.91 +29 8.9 aminu,alfarouq.......35% 17% 1.40 - 9 7.7
gibson,taj...........52% 12% 1.35 -19 8.2 jordan,deandre.......46% 12% 1.05 -10 6.5
bogans,keith.........31% 14% 1.52 + 3 6.9 gomes,ryan...........56% 12% 0.88 - 5 4.7
brewer,ronnie........42% 7% 1.44 +11 4.9 bledsoe,eric.........38% 23% 0.44 -10 3.9
watson,c.j...........19% 25% 0.62 - 3 3.1 foye,randy...........23% 21% 0.64 - 3 3.1
butler,jimmy.........19% 20% 0.60 + 2.2 thompkins,trey.......23% 10% 1.14 + 2.5
thomas,kurt..........15% 7% 0.88 + 7 0.9 warren,willie........(DNP)
asik,omer............27% 1% 1.50 -17 0.5 smith,craig..........(DNP)
PACE: 87.6 ORTG eFG% oRB% TO% FTA% PACE: 87.6 ORTG eFG% oRB% TO% FTA%
BULLS............ 129.0 .583 .324 .126 .085 CLIPPERS......... 109.6 .481 .265 .137 .171
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STANDINGS, SCORES, LEADERS AND SCHEDULE
SCORING AVERAGE REBOUNDS⁄GAME FIELD GOAL PCT
TEAM WON LOST ------------------- ------------------- -------------------
BOS 5 3 K.DURANT OKC 32.0 K.LOVE MIN 12.4 N.HILARIO DEN .710
PHI 4 5 D.NOWITZK DAL 31.8 J.NOAH CHI 11.6 M.BROOKS NJN .656
NYK 4 5 D.ROSE CHI 29.6 D.HOWARD ORL 10.9 D.HOWARD ORL .614
NJN 3 6 R.GAY MEM 27.7 K.HUMPHRI NJN 10.9 J.BAREA DAL .612
TOR 2 7 D.GALLINA DEN 27.6 A.BOGUT MIL 10.6 M.GORTAT PHX .603
TEAM WON LOST
CHI 7 3 FREE THROW PCT THREE POINT PCT ASSISTS⁄GAME
IND 4 6 ------------------- ------------------- -------------------
DET 2 6 D.AUGUSTI CHA .974 M.WEBSTER MIN .692 S.NASH PHX 13.2
CLE 2 7 A.AFFLALO DEN .955 T.LAWSON DEN .682 R.RONDO BOS 11.2
MIL 2 8 M.MORRIS HOU .955 M.DUNLEAV IND .600 D.WILLIAM NJN 10.6
TEAM WON LOST S.NASH PHX .947 C.JENKINS GSW .577 C.PAUL NOH 10.4
MIA 7 1 C.BOSH MIA .930 N.COLE MIA .556 J.KIDD DAL 9.8
ORL 8 2
CHA 5 4 STEALS⁄GAME TURNOVERS⁄GAME BLOCKS⁄GAME
ATL 4 5 ------------------- ------------------- -------------------
WAS 2 7 R.GAY MEM 2.3 J.WALL WAS 4.8 J.McGEE WAS 3.2
TEAM WON LOST L.JAMES MIA 2.2 R.RONDO BOS 4.5 T.DUNCAN SAS 2.9
DAL 7 3 R.WESTBRO OKC 2.0 D.COUSINS SAC 3.5 A.STOUDEM NYK 2.8
SAS 6 3 T.ALLEN MEM 2.0 J.JOHNSON ATL 3.3 A.BOGUT MIL 2.5
MEM 6 3 D.HOWARD ORL 1.9 J.SMITH ATL 3.3 B.LOPEZ NJN 2.4
HOU 5 4
NOH 4 5
TEAM WON LOST
DEN 7 1
MIN 6 3
OKC 5 5
POR 4 6
UTA 3 6
TEAM WON LOST
PHX 8 2
LAL 8 2
GSW 4 6
LAC 4 7
SAC 2 9
DATE YESTERDAY'S SCORES HIGH POINTS HIGH REBOUNDS HIGH ASSISTS
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11⁄19 CHI 113 @ LAC 96 L.DENG 34 C.BOOZER 12 D.ROSE 12
11⁄19 CHA 88 vs CLE 83 D.AUGUSTIN 24 C.MAGGETTE 12 Multiple 6
11⁄19 DAL 116 @ ATL 98 D.NOWITZKI 31 S.MARION 16 J.KIDD 17
11⁄19 MEM 115 vs MIN 112 R.GAY 27 Z.RANDOLPH 14 M.CONLEY 9
11⁄19 HOU 125 vs NJN 116 K.MARTIN 43 K.HUMPHRIES 16 D.WILLIAMS 18
11⁄19 ORL 118 vs NOH 91 Multiple 24 D.HOWARD 12 C.PAUL 16
11⁄19 POR 111 @ MIL 89 W.MATTHEWS 22 L.ALDRIDGE 9 R.FELTON 7
11⁄19 SAS 115 vs SAC 91 T.PARKER 29 D.BLAIR 11 Multiple 6
11⁄19 DEN 123 vs WAS 96 D.GALLINARI 25 N.HILARIO 13 Multiple 7
TODAY'S SCHEDULED GAMES
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GOLDEN STATE (4-6) at BOSTON (5-3)
INDIANA (4-6) at DETROIT (2-6)
NEW YORK (4-5) at PHOENIX (8-2)
PHILADELPHIA (4-5) at MIAMI (7-1)
UTAH (3-6) at OKLAHOMA CITY (5-5)
GLOSSARY
+/- (Plus-Minus) Raw data is from official box scores from NBA.com.
GR (Game Rating) Reflects a player's Points Created total, or the portion of his team's offense for which he gets credit based on his box score line. This number is then adjusted for estimated defensive performance based on box score counterpart productivity. GR is pace-adjusted so you can compare players from game to game.
PCP (Points Created Per Possession Used) An estimate of each player's points created per possession used, a measure of offensive efficiency. The stat accounts for a player's entire box score line, not just the scoring categories.
PLY% (Play percentage) An estimate of the percentage of a team's possessions on which the player was on the court.
USG An estimate of how many of those plays a player used by shooting, going to the line or committing a turnover, with a portion the team's offensive rebound total subtracted.
TEAM STATS
PACE: Estimated possessions in the game.
ORTG: A team's points per 100 possessions.
eFG%: Team's shooting percentage with an extra half-point added for each made three-point field goal.
oRB%: Percentage of a team's misses that they retrieved off the offensive glass.
TO%: Percentage of a team's possessions resulting in a turnover.
FTA%: Percentage of a team's possessions resulting in a trip to the foul line.
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