Game Thread Game #16 - BLAZERS VS BULLS - NOVEMBER 17, 2021 - WEDNESDAY - 7:00 PM (PDT) ROOT SPORTS

his value is bottom barrel at the moment, mostly due to his contract. no one is giving up value for a pending FA. and i think his defense is too valuable for us to sell low. need to see if we can cheer him up a bit. the petulance is frustrating but it's who he is. not gonna change that.

 

Per PBP Stats ( http://www.pbpstats.com/possession-finder/nba )

20-21: 1.25 ppp
21-22: 1.14 ppp

If you include after made free throws where most coaches will call a set play....

20-21: 1.18 ppp
21-22: 1.11 ppp

 

He didn't look thrilled when he came out near the end.

 

...you think?! That sounds a bit beyond just "not thrilled"

 

interesting, great link!

shot quality is improved though, think guys are just missing.

 

Here's the ATO as well...



Quick slip out of the handoff with CJ, weakside occupied by the stagger for Dame.

Beautiful stuff. First time I've seen it.

 

Love this. I love when we winning. Even more if we winning with grind, not with hero ball.

 

Season ticket holders are getting their money's worth. Lots of fun impressive wins at home. If Bulls had won tonight, they would've moved to 1st place in the East.

 

He played and hit 4 free throws.

Man are very emotional and dramatic. You're just sexist. And kind of dramatic.

CJ hit some big shots and made some productive passes in the 4th quarter.

Those stats don't say whether adjustments were made or not last season. You can make zero adjustments and just play better because Dame goes off.

We had lots of collective fight in games last season too. And the year before that, etc.

 

It’s a brilliant play call because no one ever expects ME-J to pass

 

so are your posts.

 

Don't disagree there.

 

He absolutely disappeared about 6 minutes into the 3rd. To be fair about 4 people did.

 

typical…

 

LOL...yeah, right.

if we're talking half-time adjustments you'd certainly think 2nd half scoring margins, season --> season, Stotts --> Billups, are germane to the discussion. You know, adjustments --> result

by the way, after last night's game Portland's 2nd half scoring margin this season went up to +1.3 from +0.1. But of course, that had nothing to do with adjustments; per your example that was just because of a couple of players "going off". Of course, that giant leap in differential is because there is still so much wild variance, game to game, because of limited sample sizes

as an example, Portland's defensive rating in last night's game dropped them from 24th to 26th



Charlotte had a rating of 93.6 so they jumped from 26 to 24. Orlando had a rating of 100.2 so they improved. Portland fell slightly with a rating of 112.6. After the all-star break, ratings and rankings won't shift much from a single game and you'll get a better handle on where a team is...including on 2nd half point differentials

 

Someone needs to have a heart to heart with Nurk. That attitude hurts the team.

 

44 points in the 2nd half for the Bulls, i say under Stotts they would have scored between 60 and 70

 

Yes, Little brings a lot of energy, but you can see it's not always good energy. He was a detriment in the first half last night. He just needs to play a little smarter. I really wish Stotts had played him a lot in the lost season last year so he could have worked out some of the kinks.