Plus/Minus Game 5: Spurs 93, Heat 84

[FromWayDowntown]

From a game of runs and counter-runs, the plus/minus figures are all over the place, but they seem to indicate that the Spurs were at their best with the starters on the floor. Even with relatively modest numbers, Duncan seemed to make a huge impact on the game:

+22 - Duncan
+13 - Ginobili
+13 - Bowen
+9 - Parker
+9 - Horry
+8 - Nesterovic
+1 - Brown
EVEN - Udrih
-9 - Barry
-10 - Massenburg
-11 - Rose
DNP - Wilks

Here are the ulative numbers through 5 games:

+48 - Ginobili
+47 - Duncan
+26 - Bowen
+24 - Nesterovic
+16 - Horry
+14 - Parker
+12 - Udrih
+9 - Wilks
+1 - Rose
-2 - Barry
-2 - Brown
-18 - Massenburg

[timvp]

Awesome, thanks.

[T Park]

+24 - Nesterovic,+1 - Rose

waiting for the Spurs Talk.com "experts" To denounce this and tell me Rasho still blows, and that Rose needs his minutes.


Timvp, Marcus, Sequ.

salute

[PeterBurns]

Rasho still blows

[Kori Ellis]

waiting for the Spurs Talk.com "experts" To denounce this and tell me Rasho still blows, and that Rose needs his minutes.

There's an explanation -- Rasho plays when Duncan and Manu are on the floor.

[deepsouth]

Downtown:
Your statistics are extremely interesting.
Thanks a lot.

[BigVee]

No offense, but isn't this exactly what you would expect? Otherwise Pop is starting the wrong 5.

[timvp]

No offense, but isn't this exactly what you would expect? Otherwise Pop is starting the wrong 5.

It helps to determine who is playing well and who needs to improve. For example in last year's playoffs, Horry's plus/minus was through the roof against Memphis.