The Blazers could easily win their next 4 games. 3 after that to end March will be tough but at least they'll be at home.
Batum on Rose.... (not good for next time we meet) johnhollinger Whoa. RT @blazerbanter Batum, on Derrick Rose: "He's a great offensive player...he can't play defense." 1 minute ago via web
sam smith... bulls long time beat writer on la as all star..... I've mentioned it before, but it's pretty amazing Love is an All Star over Aldridge as Love doesn't have a fraction of Aldridge's game ab
LA is on twitter now, if you guys didn't know. BEdge, Dante, and Patty all confirmed. http://twitter.com/aldridge_12
Sean Marks, Patty Mills, and Luke Babbitt were the only other boxscore names, combining for 13 minutes of time that was largely forgettable outside of a nice Marks jumper at the top of the key. Nobody wanted to see the Blazer bench tonight except Chicago.
The "ESPN Game Ratings" are just a weighted version of the EFF formula the NBA uses. For tonight's game: LaMarcus Adridge - EFF = 43 Andre Miller - EFF = 42 Derrick Rose - EFF = 25 Rose may have scored more points (36 vs. 27) than Miller, but it took him 27 FGA to do it vs. 11 FGA for Miller's 27 points. Miller was incredibly efficient tonight. It may have been his best all around game as a Blazer - and yes, I'm including his 52-point game against Dallas last year. Miller shot incredibly well from the floor (7-11) and the line (13-13), and he had almost twice as many assists as Rose (11 vs. 6), more rebounds (6 vs. 1), more steals (4 vs. 0), more blocks (1 vs. 0) and fewer TOs (3 vs. 4). BNM
The criticism of efficiency points or effectiveness points or whatever the eff EFF means, is that they aren't weighted like PER, which is by proportion of the team's total stats, and also by pace. But EFF is useful to compare players within one game, since the above two criticisms are then irrelevant, viewing stats only within that one game. So your comparisons meet the official jlprk standards for an efficient EFF.
Yep, EFF is a simple stat (no calculator or spreadsheet necessary), but good enough to compare players production within the same game, or even cumulatively on the same team. BNM
