Comments on: LakerTracker 2010: Games 1-5

By: Neil Paine

Neil Paine — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 20:45:48 +0000

Crap, I forgot to update this today... Whatever happens tonight, I'll finish up this series with the stats through 6 and through 7 games.

By: Hk

Hk — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 22:14:20 +0000

2010 playoffs WS/48: .133 for Pierce

2010 playoffs WS/48: .131 for Rondo

However in Round 2 Pierce had a game score of 7.31 on average. That is truly pathetic, Jordan Farmar ish.

Rajon Rondo in the Finals, 11.55, nice D, but not at Bron's level.

Defensive rating means nothing in this situation, it is a team stat.

By: Hk

Hk — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 22:09:18 +0000

Rondo was great the first TWO rounds maybe. Against Arroyo and Mo/Parker. I'm not sure how that is impressive.

In Orlando he did jack. Pierce was not affected by Howard's presence much, and he dominated Orlando. Pierce has been the better player and he was erased to a larger degree according to Game Score.

By: Mo

Mo — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:54:53 +0000

"I would also add, that Paul Pierce was erased by LeBron James. Look at his game score in that series for example, I'm not sure their defensive abilities were equal." And how has Rondo done against the Lakers? During the first three rounds, Rondo was arguably the most productive player on any playoff team. He has largely become a non-factor in the series with the Lakers. He's had a decent game here and there, but he's no longer the brutal triple double machine he was prior.

By: Neil Paine

Neil Paine — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:18:03 +0000

Will post tomorrow.

By: Walter

Walter — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:55:14 +0000

Can we get an update on this now that the Lakers have played 6 games just like the Cavs? I know Lebron had a great line of points, rebounds, and assists in game 6 but did have a ton of turnovers and wasn't very efficient.

By: Neil Paine

Neil Paine — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:53:58 +0000

No real reason, except that 2008 series took place before the consensus had been formed that LeBron was the best player in the game.

By: CR

CR — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:51:51 +0000

Random question: How come you're not also including LeBron's performance against Boston in 2008?

By: Hk

Hk — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 05:18:54 +0000

I certainly wouldn't mind an update, it seems Wade struggled against top 5 defenses this season (regular season). If we want to take playoff performance into account, LeBron seemed to dominante the # 1 defense last year to the highest level I've seen in a while. He has no problems with tough defenses, I suspected that sample size was always an issue in that post.

FWIW, Wade seemed to really struggle against top 5 defenses this year, not including Boston.

By: Hk

Hk — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 04:38:04 +0000

From Voulgaris:

"An offensive metric that I really like to use is points per possession - this is much better than any offensive efficiency metric because it takes into account all of the possession altering offensive actions a player might make;

(Shots, turnovers and fouls drawn)"

Yeah it sounds like an inferior Game Score. And definitely not better than any offensive efficiency metric.