Team Stat Watch

[SPARKY]

Through 46 games, Spurs are...

The Good
1st in average points allowed per game (86.04)
1st in average point differential per game (+10.82)
3rd in field goal shooting % (46.5%)
2nd in opponents' field goal shooting % (41.8%)
1st in assists allowed per game (16.23)
1st in assist differential per game (+5.93)
5th in opponents' average rebounds per game (39.00)
1st in average blocks per game (6.53)
6th in opponents' average blocks per game (4.39)
2nd in block differential (+2.15)
7th in opponents' steals per game (7.04)
7th in turnovers per game (13.84)
2nd in fouls per game (20.26)
2nd in foul differential (-2.76)
1st in ejections per game (0.04)

The Bad
10th in 3 point field goal shooting % (36.1%)
14th in average rebounds per game (42.21)

The Ugly
27th in opponents' 3 point shooting % (37.2%)
25th in free throw shooting % (72.2%)

[Matrix]

Just a quick question where do you find all these stats? I'd like to check it out...

[timvp]

3rd in field goal shooting % (46.5%)
2nd in opponents' field goal shooting % (41.8%)

Those are just sick numbers.

[Kori Ellis]

27th in opponents' 3 point shooting % (37.2%)
25th in free throw shooting % (72.2%)

Both of those are on the rise. The majority of the season they were 29th and 27th. :lol

[SPARKY]

Spurs continue to look like a team that plays disciplined basketball, with a focus on offensive execution and playing consistent strong defense. The team's ranking on its 3 point shooting (10th) strikes me as a little low for a Spurs team.

The fact that the Spurs are shooting so well from the field and enjoy the league best differential in assists and points per game speaks to the improved offense which the league is starting to notice.

While the team's free throw shooting is poor, it has improved over the last couple of seasons. The 3 point shooting % the Spurs are giving up seems a little fat to me. It seems to fit with a defense which is predicated on forcing opponents to shoot over the defense...but still, 4th worst in the league? Hopefully once the rotations get crisper that percentage will come down.

Also of note is that the Spurs don't commit a lot of fouls and they don't have a lot of guys ejected. Perhaps not that significant, but I think it indicates that the Spurs have a mentally tough crew that focuses on limiting dumb mistakes.

[SPARKY]

source (http://www.nba.com/statistics/sortable_team_statistics/sortable1.html)

[Matrix]

source (http://www.nba.com/statistics/sortable_team_statistics/sortable1.html)

Thanks, damn your post must a of took you bit to put togethere, these stats are pretty much spread out...

[boutons]

"2nd in opponents' field goal shooting % (41.8%)"

So when Blazers shoot 56% to win, you know that something very exceptional has happened, both wiht the Blazers offense, and with Spurs defense.

[Phenomanul]

Thanks, damn your post must a of took you bit to put togethere, these stats are pretty much spread out...


SPARKY takes his "takes" seriously.... :smokin

[Matrix]

SPARKY takes his "takes" seriously.... :smokin


:lol

[timvp]

The Spurs lack of defense on the three-pointers is probably why they went after a player like Qyntel Woods. He may be a crack head but he still is 6-foot-8 and can still play shooting guard and small forward.

The Spurs' lack of size of the perimeter is the main reason why their three-point defense has struggled. If it keeps up, expect Linton Johnson III to be activated whenever he's recovered from his ankle surgery. Supposedly, that could be as soon as after the All-Star break.

[Jimcs50]

The Spurs lack of defense on the three-pointers is probably why they went after a player like Qyntel Woods. He may be a crack head but he still is 6-foot-8 and can still play shooting guard and small forward.

The Spurs' lack of size of the perimeter is the main reason why their three-point defense has struggled. If it keeps up, expect Linton Johnson III to be activated whenever he's recovered from his ankle surgery. Supposedly, that could be as soon as after the All-Star break.


The Spurs have never had big guards on the perimeter.(Manu and TP are just as tall as any other pair we have had) In years past, the perimeter guards and sm forwards would never leave home and would not have to leave open shooters because they would trust that their man would be taken care of in the paint by TD, Rasho, and DRob as well as Willis.

The reason this year that the 3 point shooting D is not what it usually is this year, is because they do not have the protection in the middle that they usually had. Rasho has been out, TD's minutes are down, they have had big leads where they have had TD on the bench, etc. When DRob and Rasho last year were in the middle clogging up the lane, the outside guards and Bruce could stay on the arc with their men instead of having to help on the penetration. Pop does not want to give up layups, that is his biggest bug a boo, so the outside shooters are having better looks and knocking them down 3-5% more than years past.

[Kori Ellis]

knocking them down 3-5% more than years past.

Is that an estimate, or you looked that up?

BTW, last year Hedo helped a lot in this regard because he was 6'10 and a decent perimeter defender.

[timvp]

Even though Hedo was worthless come playoff time, his height on the perimeter allowed him to guard most of the long threes in the league. This year, Manu Ginobili is trying to guard those players. There's a big difference, especially when it come to contesting the shots.

In 2003, there was Stephen Jackson to contest shots. 6-foot-8 players can close out on three-pointers better than a 6-foot-6 guy can.

Thus the difference.

[Kori Ellis]

This is another reason a team like Seattle poses a huge problem (in addition to Danny Fortson beating up our bigs inside). Bowen is on Ray Allen and then there's a 6'10 Rashard Lewis that needs to be guarded.

[Nikos]

People also forget that the Spurs capitlize on the three much better than there opposition does.

They have the REAL best defense in the league because they allow the fewest points per possesion. Bulls having the best opp FG% does not mean they are better on defense, because they allow more points per possesion.

True the Spurs could do better against the three, but teams don't even ATTEMPT a lot of them against them relative to the Spurs attempts. I think the differential is 200+. One of the highest differentials in the league.

http://www.nba.com/spurs/stats/

[Jimcs50]

Is that an estimate, or you looked that up?

BTW, last year Hedo helped a lot in this regard because he was 6'10 and a decent perimeter defender.


The previous 3 yrs, they gave up 33% and 32.9% and 34%.......so that is where I got the 3-5% figure.

Also, it is not the height that keeps them from making them, it is that they are open more often this year...they always contested them in yrs past.

Last yr they were behind Detroit and Toronto in 3 pt FG%, the yr before, they were 6th.

[Rick Von Braun]

People also forget that the Spurs capitlize on the three much better than there opposition does.

They have the REAL best defense in the league because they allow the fewest points per possesion. Bulls having the best opp FG% does not mean they are better on defense, because they allow more points per possesion.

True the Spurs could do better against the three, but teams don't even ATTEMPT a lot of them against them relative to the Spurs attempts. I think the differential is 200+. One of the highest differentials in the league.

http://www.nba.com/spurs/stats/
This is a good point by Nikos.