Written by the stat sprocket
on Sunday, April 29, 2007
In the playoffs we all know that the bench gets shorter and that key players play more. What I’ll look at here is which players in the Pistons / Magic series were more or less productive than during the regular season. As we’ll see below the story of the first round is pretty much in line with what we thought might happen. The Pistons front line, especially Prince, stepped up their games and dominated the Magic. And as many observed before the series started, the Magic are very weak at the point, and Nelsen ended up with a particularly disappointing first round. What we might not have expected is how much better than expected Grant Hill played, and how much worse than expected Rip Hamilton played.
Both the Pistons and the Magic data tables below have the same information. The columns, for both the regular season and the first round of the playoffs, are… (Continued)
Written by pf.com
on Saturday, April 21, 2007
Pistonsforum member coynejeremy was kind enough to compile statistics on the various NBA referees and how they called Pistons games throughout the 2006/7 regular season. You’ll find two tables that follow. One is the refs by name, and the other by Pistons Win %. (Continued)
Written by The Low
on Saturday, April 21, 2007
Alright kiddies,
Now is the time we’ve all been waiting for. As I sit here in a small corner bar in Portland, OR listening to one of my best friends play a ridiculous jazz guitar medley that would make you cringe it’s so good, let’s consider what lies ahead in the 2007 NBA Playoffs.
Now that the pain and misery of the NBA regular season is behind us, we can now focus on what the players have referred to as “what really counts.” We’ve watched great play, we’ve watched half-hearted play, we’ve watched absolutely brilliant play, and we’ve also witnessed a home loss to the Bobcats. So, what are we left with? Absolutely no definitive sense of what we can expect from this team in the weeks to come…that’s what. (Continued)