Comprehensive Seattle stats recap Team stats as of Monday, December 1st Record: 8-6 Points per game: 93.7 (8th in league) Points allowed per game: 94.4 (Equal 20th) FG %: 43.3% (11th) FG % against: 43.3% (18th) 3FG%: 38% (3rd) 3FG% against: 38.3% (27th) Rebounds per game: 39.5 (26th) Rebounds allowed per game: 44.7 (25th) Blocks per game: 6.1 (7th) Blocks allowed per game: 4.9 (13th) Steals per game: 8.2 (12th) Steals allowed per game: (17th) Assists per game: 19.7 (22nd) Assists allowed per game: (5th) Turnovers per game: 14.9 (11th) Turnovers forced per game: 16 (10th) What does this tell you? It just underlines Seattle as a perimeter based team, both offensively and defensively. High percentages from behind the arc and low rebounding numbers indicate that Seattle's best players are perimeter based, something that is underlined with Vladimir Radmanovic playing PF. Seattle block shots thanks to Calvin Booth and Jerome James, but the fact that Sonic opponents score a high amount of points per game and have a low assist count mean that Seattle's defenders allow opponents to drive regularly. Overall, it is clear that this Sonics team is going to beat you by out-shooting you, not by stopping you at the other end. Player stats Minutes per game Rashard Lewis: 38.2 Vladimir Radmanovic: 37.4 Ronald Murray: 36.1 Points per game Rashard Lewis: 21.8 Ronald Murray 21.1 Vladimir Radmanovic: 14.1 Rebounds per game Vladimir Radmanovic: 6.7 Reggie Evans: 6.3 Calvin Booth: 6.1 Assists per game Brent Barry: 5.3 Ronald Murray: 4.2 Vladimir Radmanovic: 2.6 Steals per game Vladimir Radmanovic: 1.6 Rashard Lewis: 1.2 Brent Barry 1.1 Blocks per game Calvin Booth: 2.1 Jerome James: 1 Vladimir Radmanovic: 0.9 Turnovers per game Ronald Murray: 3.2 Brent Barry: 2.4 Vladimir Radmanovic: 1.9
Well done Sir Des. However, the fact that we are allowing teams to shoot 38% from 3 implies that we are NOT a perimeter team on the defensive end. I understand your point about the rebounds. But clearly if we are 27th in 3pt fg% allowed, we are not perimeter based (defensively).
It will be interesting to compare their numbers now, and after Ray Allen gets back. The stat that caught my eye was the low assists per game. With Ridnour, Barry, and Flip I would expect a higher ranking than 22nd in the league.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Trail_Blazer76:</div><div class="quote_post">Well written Sir Des. However, the fact that we are allowing teams to shoot 38% from 3 implies that we are NOT a perimeter team on the defensive end. I understand your point about the rebounds. But clearly if we are 27th in 3pt fg% allowed, we are not perimeter based (defensively).</div> From all the games I've watched this year I'd say we are a perimeter based team defensively, the problem is Nate has the team playing a style of defense based on playing the passing lanes and getting steals to start fast breaks, and most smart teams can open this up with quick passing, which is what has been happening. The other issue is teams will often kick the ball inside knowing Seattle will have to double cos of weak interior defense, then go straight back out to the perimeter for open jumpers.
