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Pretty good work there. Thumbs up.
Bruno in an another thread pointed to how in the last month or so, the Spurs had rested its players far better than any other playoff contending team.
Here is an assessment of the minute spreading/resting business that the Spurs have come to perfect -
Spread of minutes per game among players in all teams (Data till 22nd April), sorted by lowest number of players playing most minutes (above 30) asc-
Narrowing down the above for playoff bound teams only -Code:Team 1-11 11-21 21-31 31-41 Grand Total cha 7 8 1 16 san 6 5 8 1 20 was 3 7 10 1 21 chi 3 3 6 2 14 dal 5 4 5 2 16 gsw 5 6 7 2 20 ind 3 5 5 2 15 lac 4 5 7 2 18 mil 3 5 7 2 17 phi 5 2 6 2 15 sac 2 6 5 2 15 uta 2 6 5 2 15 cle 2 8 7 3 20 den 3 4 7 3 17 det 1 6 4 3 14 hou 5 4 7 3 19 lal 5 3 5 3 16 mem 6 4 4 3 17 mia 4 5 4 3 16 min 1 5 6 3 15 njn 5 6 8 3 22 nor 3 8 7 3 21 nyk 2 7 4 3 16 okl 4 6 3 3 16 orl 4 5 4 3 16 pho 7 3 3 13 tor 2 6 7 3 18 atl 4 5 3 4 16 bos 4 5 3 5 17 por 5 5 3 5 18
Maximum minutes (Maxm/g) played and average of minutes (avm/g) played for playoff bound teams -Code:Team 1-11 11-21 21-31 31-41 Grand Total san 6 5 8 1 20 chi 3 3 6 2 14 dal 5 4 5 2 16 ind 3 5 5 2 15 lac 4 5 7 2 18 phi 5 2 6 2 15 uta 2 6 5 2 15 den 3 4 7 3 17 lal 5 3 5 3 16 mem 6 4 4 3 17 mia 4 5 4 3 16 nyk 2 7 4 3 16 okl 4 6 3 3 16 orl 4 5 4 3 16 atl 4 5 3 4 16 bos 4 5 3 5 17
The above data for players who have started atleast 20% of the games -Code:Team Players Maxm/g Avm/g san 20 32.2 18.1 mem 17 37.4 18.3 okl 16 38.7 18.9 dal 16 33 18.9 mia 16 37.5 19.2 phi 15 35.6 19.3 bos 17 37.1 19.5 lac 18 36.3 19.6 ind 15 33.3 19.6 orl 16 38.3 19.6 atl 16 35.7 20.2 uta 15 34.3 20.3 lal 16 38.5 20.7 chi 14 39.6 21.7 nyk 16 34.2 21.7 den 17 35 21.7 Total 39.6 19.8
The takeaway is that the Spurs have played only one player above 30 minutes per game - in Tony Parker and have spread minutes across a number of players. It is also the playoff bound team with the lowest average minutes played by each player and second in the list for starters with the lowest average minutes played.Code:Team Players Maxm/g Avm/g phi 9 35.6 23.9 san 8 32.2 25.2 den 10 35 25.3 uta 8 34.3 26.1 mia 7 37.5 26.5 nyk 9 34.2 26.9 dal 6 33 27.0 okl 6 38.7 27.9 atl 8 35.7 28.3 lal 8 38.5 29.1 chi 7 39.6 29.8 orl 7 38.3 30.2 bos 7 37.1 30.5 ind 5 33.3 30.7 mem 6 37.4 30.8 lac 6 36.3 30.9 Total 39.6 27.8
The last table for starters is most important. It shows how much the best players (who mostly start) are utilised by most teams. Memphis for example spreads its minutes pretty well, but starters still get to play a lot of minutes. Only Philadelphia's starters play less per game as compared to the Spurs..and it is amazing that the Spurs are tied for No 1 in the league with such minute distribution.
Kudos to Popovich and his coaching staff for achieving this much success in the regular season and for trying to keep his players fresh at the same time.
Last edited by Spursfanfromafar; 04-24-2012 at 04:33 AM.
Pretty good work there. Thumbs up.
Nice work.
Something that these stats doesn't show are games where a player got a DNP for rest reasons. For example, Duncan has missed 6 games for rest reasons.
A really simple stat to show how Pop has been able to manage minutes: Spurs don't have a single player in the top50 of minutes played this year. They have only one in the top100 with Parker at the 52nd spot.
You are right.. but it is necessary to see how the rest of the team who did not get too many DNPs were played and the above data gives a representation of that.
Point is.. even with Duncan sitting close to 4 games, Parker about 2 and Manu many many more because of injury.. the rest of the team and the big 3 have had low minutes/game compared to their counterparts in other teams.
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