Portland has won 25 straight games over NBA teams that start with the letter M (Memphis, Miami, Milwaukee and Minnesota) http://espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=291110029 Can't get that kind of analysis just anywhere, folks.
Well tomorrow they play . . . . Minny. Then after that they play Mew Orleans So that is two more wins right there.
Some interesting numbers. The nine players who've played in all 10 games all have a FT% of 80% or better: Webster 92.3% Outlaw 87.5% Blake 87.5% Aldridge 84.0% Miller 82.4% Roy 81.3% Oden 81.0% Przybilla 80.0% Fernandez 80.0% The other three? Cunningham (3 games) has no attempts, Bayless (5 games) is shooting 78.6%, and Howard (4 games) is "holding them back" with 50.0%. Other statistics: Rudy is second in the NBA in Steal% (percentage of opponent possessions a player is able to steal on while he's on the floor) with 4.2%. Greg leads the league in Total Reb% with 22.1%, Joel leads in OReb% with 18.3%. Greg's second in Blk% with 7.9%. LaMarcus has the second lowest TO% with 6.2%. The team is second in the league in average margin with +8.5 points, and has the second highest Pythagorean win total with 7.8 (a full game above third place Denver at 6.8).
