2014 playoff summaries and misc.

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Re: 2014 playoff summaries and misc.

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Hey all, new guy. I've been lurking/reading and am a regular on RealGM, but come here to read up on any statistical insights. Just wanted to post about a few of the OKC points (I'm a forum mod over on RealGM for them, and a big Westbrook/Durant fan). Brooks has me and I think many baffled as to the rotations as well. His reluctance seems to be in not wanting to play younger players over vets, specifically Fisher/Butler. Its bizarre at this point as Butler shouldn't touch the court against LA, who is a vastly more athletic team than Memphis and Butler can't keep up with. I think I'd rather even see some of the unproven players out there just because they can at least keep up (Perry Jones, Lamb). Adams has provided a ton of quality minutes, but for some reason Brooks seems unwilling to play Butler less. This is one of the reasons I've been trying to keep up with the coaching RAPM thread and info on it, as I'm trying to figure out Brooks (other than having 2 great players alone with a very strong third in Ibaka) having such a high rating.
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Re: 2014 playoff summaries and misc.

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Westbrook is averaging more than 27 pts, 8 reb, and 8 ast per game, thru 12 playoff games.
The only other player to avg 27-8-8 in 400+ minutes is Oscar Robertson, 1963 and '64.

Durant is over 30-9-4 averages. Other players to do that for 500+ minutes are Baylor '61 and '63, Oscar '63, Kareem '74, Hakeem '95, and LeBron '09 and '12.

LeBron is at 30-7-4.6; players to do this for 500+ playoff minutes: Baylor, Oscar, Kareem, Jordan (4 times), LeBron (3 times), Durant last year.

Chris Paul is getting 19-4-10 and 3 steals/G. Others with 19-4-10 for 400+ minutes: Cousy '59, Johnny Moore '83; Magic '86, '87, '88, '91; Stockton '88, KJ '89, Nash '05, and Paul '08.
Stockton averaged 19.5-4.1-14.8 and 3.4 steals in '88 playoffs. Moore got 2.5 Stl, and Magic's high was 1.9
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Re: 2014 playoff summaries and misc.

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Rank of career playoff totals, players in this year's 2nd round (not counting tonight's games).

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rk   Games          G      rk   Minutes      Min      rk   Points       Pts
1   Derek Fisher   252      3  Tim Duncan    8520      5  Tim Duncan    4788
4   Tim Duncan     222     15  Derek Fisher  6718      8  LeBron James  4112
12  Tony Parker    184     16  Tony Parker   6653     16  Tony Parker   3536
23  Manu Ginobili  168     19  LeBron James  6270     18  Dwyane Wade   3258
29  Ray Allen      159     25  Paul Pierce   5741     23  Paul Pierce   2988
37  Paul Pierce    147     26  Ray Allen     5729     31  Ray Allen     2629
39  LeBron James   146     31  Dwyane Wade   5485     32  Manu Ginobili 2608
45  Kevin Garnet   142     38  Kevin Garnett 5258     33  Kevin Garnett 2599
50  Dwyane Wade    140     41  Manu Ginobili 5061     45  Derek Fisher  2105


rk   Rebounds        rk    Assists        rk   Steals         rk   Blocks
3   Duncan   2614    11  Parker    982    11  Fisher   268     1  Duncan  535
16  Garnett  1526    13  LeBron    961    13  LeBron   251    19  Garnett 186
30  LeBron   1246    26  Wade      724    16  Ginobili 245    21  Ibaka   184
55  Pierce    921    28  Duncan    701    19  Wade     234    31  Wade    152
62  Perkins   795    30  Ginobili  668    24  Pierce   194    35  Perkins 150
70  Wade      751    37  Fisher    588    29  Garnett  178    46  LeBron  130
75  Ginobili  734    41  Pierce    560    31  Parker   176    60  Hibbert  99
.                    42  DWilliams 547    38  Allen    153
.                    48  Paul      505    39  Duncan   152
Steals and blocks are since 1978
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Re: 2014 playoff summaries and misc.

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bondom343 wrote:This is one of the reasons I've been trying to keep up with the coaching RAPM thread and info on it, as I'm trying to figure out Brooks (other than having 2 great players alone with a very strong third in Ibaka) having such a high rating.
Well, coach-RAPM rating is oblivious regarding rotations. It's not designed to incorporate that. Instead, it's trying to answer the question "How well will players perform with this coach". "which player gets how many minutes" does not go into the equation.
In coach-RAPM, a coach that prefers to play a +0.5 player over a +2 player, but makes the +0.5 player perform a little over expectations (say, +0.75), will get a positive rating
As for why Brooks' rating is so high, as I've mentioned in the coach-RAPM thread, most of the current and ex- OKC players are playing (have played) much better for Scott Brooks compared to playing for other coaches (when controlling for player age). These players include Durant, Harden, Martin, Collison and Fisher.
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Re: 2014 playoff summaries and misc.

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The Nets' round 1 and 2 summary stats.

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Brooklyn         - - eWins/480 - - - -       - - - PER - - -       - Win Shares/48 -      
. Nets            1st   2nd     T   eWins    1st   2nd     T       1st    2nd     T     WS
Joe Johnson      1.26  1.48   1.34  1.31    18.7   23.1   20.4    .142   .170   .153  1.49
Deron Williams   1.24   .88   1.09   .97    15.9   12.9   14.7    .088   .024   .062   .55
Paul Pierce      1.33   .79   1.09   .84    16.5   13.5   15.2    .119   .049   .089   .68
Kevin Garnett    1.82   .92   1.42   .74    20.3   13.3   17.2    .197   .029   .123   .64
Shaun Livingston  .87   .81    .84   .57    11.6   14.9   13.2    .067   .069   .068   .46

Andray Blatche   1.59   .91   1.34   .48    21.8   16.3   19.8    .199   .043   .142   .51
Mirza Teletovic   .80   .91    .85   .39    15.3   19.0   16.9    .111   .120   .115   .53
Marcus Thornton   .78   .39    .62   .16    15.2   13.0   14.3    .092  -.039   .038   .10
Andrei Kirilenko  .42   .57    .50   .15    13.1   15.7   14.4    .136   .138   .137   .41
Alan Anderson     .36   .03    .23   .12     9.7    8.7    9.3    .058   .020   .043   .23
Mason Plumlee     .01  -.22   -.05  -.01     5.6    1.0    4.5   -.003  -.159  -.040  -.10
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Re: 2014 playoff summaries and misc.

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J.E. wrote:
bondom343 wrote:This is one of the reasons I've been trying to keep up with the coaching RAPM thread and info on it, as I'm trying to figure out Brooks (other than having 2 great players alone with a very strong third in Ibaka) having such a high rating.
Well, coach-RAPM rating is oblivious regarding rotations. It's not designed to incorporate that. Instead, it's trying to answer the question "How well will players perform with this coach". "which player gets how many minutes" does not go into the equation.
In coach-RAPM, a coach that prefers to play a +0.5 player over a +2 player, but makes the +0.5 player perform a little over expectations (say, +0.75), will get a positive rating
As for why Brooks' rating is so high, as I've mentioned in the coach-RAPM thread, most of the current and ex- OKC players are playing (have played) much better for Scott Brooks compared to playing for other coaches (when controlling for player age). These players include Durant, Harden, Martin, Collison and Fisher.
Ah thanks J.E. I remembered the part about players playing better w/ Brooks, but am wondering if some of that is due to being alongside Durant, Westbrook, and Ibaka.
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Re: 2014 playoff summaries and misc.

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Best postseasons in the last 10 years, by Win Shares per 48. Minimum 350 minutes.
Per 36 minute rates are shown.

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playoffs  yr    tm   G   Min    Pts   Reb   Ast   Stl   Blk   PER  ws/48
LeBron   2009  Cle  14   580   30.7   7.9   6.3   1.4   .7   37.4   .399
LeBron * 2014  Mia   9   359   27.1   6.4   4.2   1.5   .4   32.8   .331
C Paul   2008  NOH  12   486   21.4   4.4  10.0   2.1   .1   30.7   .289
LeBron   2012  Mia  23   983   25.5   8.2   4.7   1.6   .6   30.3   .284
Nowitzki 2006  Dal  23   983   22.7   9.8   2.5    .9   .5   26.8   .263

Ginobili 2005  SAS  23   772   22.3   6.2   4.5   1.3   .3   24.8   .260
LeBron   2013  Mia  23   960   22.3   7.2   5.7   1.5   .7   28.1   .260
Duncan   2006  SAS  13   493   24.5  10.0   3.1    .8  1.8   30.4   .252
Billups  2009  Det  16   619   19.2   3.5   6.3   1.2   .2   22.9   .249
B Davis  2007  GSW  11   445   22.5   4.0   5.8   2.6   .6   26.8   .247

playoffs  yr    tm   G   Min    Pts   Reb   Ast   Stl   Blk   PER  ws/48
LeBron   2010  Cle  11   460   25.0   8.0   6.6   1.5  1.6   28.6   .242
D Howard 2009  Orl  23   903   25.5  14.1   1.7    .8  2.4   25.5   .241
Wade     2006  Mia  23   959   24.6   5.1   5.0   1.9  1.0   26.9   .240
Kobe     2009  LAL  23   940   26.6   4.7   4.8   1.5   .8   26.8   .238
Nowitzki 2009  Dal  10   394   24.5   9.2   2.8    .8   .7   28.4   .238

Durant   2012  Okl  20   837   24.5   6.4   3.2   1.2  1.0   27.5   .231
Brand    2006  LAC  12   517   21.2   8.6   3.3    .8  2.2   26.4   .227
R Allen  2011  Bos   9   361   17.0   3.4   2.2   1.1   .1   19.6   .225
Billups  2005  Det  25   985   17.1   3.9   5.9    .9   .2   20.0   .224
P Gasol  2010  LAL  23   913   17.7  10.1   3.2    .4  1.9   24.0   .224
With 5 of the top 11 spots, can we call this the LeBron era?
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Re: 2014 playoff summaries and misc.

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Mike G wrote:can we call this the LeBron era?
I think we can. Probably going to be that way for another 2-3 years, possibly more
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Re: 2014 playoff summaries and misc.

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Leaders of the 2nd round, ranked by eWins per game in that round.

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eW/G     per36 rates   tm   mpg   Eff%   Sco   Reb   Ast   PF   Stl   TO   Blk   e480
.226   LeBron James    Mia   40  .664   34.2   7.1   4.2   2.2  1.1   2.1   .5   2.68
.203   Kevin Durant    Okl   43  .596   30.1   8.5   4.7   2.0   .9   3.5  1.0   2.29
.184 Russell Westbrook Okl   38  .603   28.7   6.0   8.7   3.3  1.8   4.1   .0   2.32
.175   Chris Paul      LAC   38  .603   23.4   3.7  10.7   3.7  2.4   2.3   .0   2.22
.154   Kawhi Leonard   SAS   30  .654   24.3   8.8   1.4   2.7  3.4    .0  1.0   2.44

.137   Blake Griffin   LAC   39  .528   21.9   8.8   3.5   4.1   .8   2.1  1.2   1.70
.121   Dwyane Wade     Mia   35  .548   21.1   4.9   6.4   2.9  1.5   2.4   .6   1.65
.120   Paul George     Ind   42  .536   19.9   6.3   2.9   2.8  1.9   2.3   .3   1.36
.113   Tony Parker     SAS   29  .541   27.8   2.9   6.8   2.5  1.0   4.2   .0   1.88
.113   Joe Johnson     Brk   37  .656   23.7   5.1   3.4   1.6   .4   1.7   .2   1.48

eW/G     per36 rates   tm   mpg   Eff%   Sco   Reb   Ast   PF   Stl   TO   Blk   e480
.108   Bradley Beal    Was   42  .493   17.8   4.4   4.5   2.1  1.9   2.3   .6   1.23
.108   Marcin Gortat   Was   34  .597   19.7  11.0   1.3   2.2   .4   2.1   .9   1.53
.099   Tim Duncan      SAS   32  .489   15.0   8.9   3.1   2.3   .5    .5  1.6   1.46
.098   Roy Hibbert     Ind   30  .592   18.2   7.6   1.2   4.5   .4    .0  2.6   1.56
.094   David West      Ind   37  .480   17.1   6.8   4.7   2.6   .2   1.7   .3   1.21

.088   Trevor Ariza    Was   35  .610   14.7   9.4   1.5   2.6  1.9   1.5   .2   1.20
.082 LaMarcus Aldridge Por   39  .452   17.5   9.4    .7   3.4   .6   2.4   .4   1.02
.081   Chris Bosh      Mia   36  .598   14.7   7.3    .9   1.4   .8    .6  2.0   1.09
.081   Ray Allen       Mia   27  .657   19.7   7.6   3.2   2.6   .5   1.1   .3   1.45
.078   Nicolas Batum   Por   40  .585   14.7   8.9   3.3   1.6  1.1   4.2   .2    .93
That's everyone with 1/3 of LeBron's win-creating rate.
Tony Parker had as many eWins after 4 games as he got in 5; so before game 5, he was at .141 eW/G
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Re: 2014 playoff summaries and misc.

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Seeing how good Kawhi Leonard looks against the Clippers, here's some corroboration:

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San Antonio      - - eWins/480 - -          - - - PER - - -        - Win Shares/48 - -  
. Spurs          rd1   rd2    1+2  eWins    1st    2nd    1+2     1st   2nd    1+2    WS
Tim Duncan      1.52  1.46   1.50  1.27    22.2   18.4   20.7    .198  .198   .198   1.67
Kawhi Leonard    .71  2.44   1.40  1.11    12.9   27.7   18.8    .067  .360   .184   1.46
Tony Parker     1.26  1.88   1.50  1.17    16.1   19.0   17.2    .017  .126   .059    .46
Tiago Splitter  1.70   .93   1.38   .95    22.6   14.5   19.2    .264  .204   .239   1.64
Manu Ginobili   1.97   .64   1.47   .94    24.5    7.9   18.3    .184 -.025   .106    .68

Boris Diaw       .82  1.08    .92   .52    15.7   16.2   15.9    .156  .199   .173    .97
Danny Green      .89   .83    .86   .48    15.8   12.8   14.5    .150  .136   .144    .80
Marco Belinelli -.28  1.15    .48   .20     4.2   19.7   12.4   -.015  .264   .133    .55
Patrick Mills    .33  2.12   1.03   .40     8.7   27.5   16.1   -.019  .309   .110    .43
Zounds and gadzooks. Leonard's round 2 WS/48 had to be at .360, to go from .067 after round 1 (229 min.) to .184 in another 152 min.
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Re: 2014 playoff summaries and misc.

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Summaries of all 2nd round series. Playoff WS/48 and PER were gotten from b-r.com; and 1st round rates (from 2nd post in this thread) were minutes-weighted and subtracted, to derive round-2 rates.
Players are listed in order of total playoff minutes.

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. Brk     e480  eWins   WS   WS/48   PER      . Mia    e480  eWins   WS   WS/48   PER
Johnson   1.48   .56   .65   .170   23.3      James    2.68  1.13  1.35   .322   33.1
Williams   .88   .32   .09   .024   13.2      Bosh     1.09   .41   .59   .157   19.8
Pierce     .79   .26   .16   .049   13.7      Wade     1.65   .60   .43   .116   21.0
Livingston .81   .27   .23   .069   15.1      Chalmers  .88   .27   .24   .077   12.5
Anderson   .03   .01   .04   .020    8.7      Allen    1.45   .40   .62   .223   21.4
Garnett    .92   .21   .07   .029   13.5      Cole     -.36  -.06  -.11  -.067    3.4
Teletovic  .91   .18   .24   .120   19.0      Andersen 1.30   .17   .28   .213   21.5
Blatche    .91   .12   .06   .043   16.6      Lewis    -.08  -.01   .02   .011    6.4
Kirilenko  .57   .09   .21   .138   15.7      Jones     .21   .02   .11   .134   12.9
Thornton   .39   .04  -.04  -.039   13.3      Battier  -.15  -.03   .10   .054    6.7
Plumlee   -.22  -.01  -.09  -.163    1.0                     
. total    .82  2.04  1.60   .064   15.2      total    1.17  2.91  3.63   .147   18.4
   
                                 
. Was     e480  eWins   WS   WS/48   PER      . Ind    e480  eWins   WS   WS/48   PER
Beal      1.23   .65   .65   .123   15.8      George   1.36   .72   .70   .133   15.4
Wall       .95   .45   .06   .013   10.5      West     1.21   .56   .37   .080   13.0
Ariza     1.20   .53   .90   .204   17.1      Hill      .91   .41   .57   .129   12.8
Gortat    1.53   .65   .81   .193   19.6     Stephenson .89   .42   .27   .058    9.9
Nene       .71   .27   .01   .004    8.4      Hibbert  1.56   .59   .72   .192   17.2
Webster   -.37  -.08   .07   .033    2.4      Watson    .75   .12   .11   .070   11.1
Booker    -.13  -.01   .02   .030   -1.0      Mahinmi   .48   .07   .22   .145    9.5
Gooden     .71   .16   .26   .115   12.3      Scola     .71   .12   .03   .020    9.2
Miller     .50   .06   .05   .046    8.9      Turner    .48   .08   .11   .066    7.7
Harrington .60   .06   .13   .116   10.1                     
. total    .92  2.74  2.97   .100   12.7      total    1.05  3.08  3.12   .106   12.6
      
                              
. Okl     e480  eWins   WS   WS/48   PER      . LAC    e480  eWins   WS   WS/48   PER
Durant    2.29  1.22  1.19   .224   26.9      Griffin  1.70   .82   .68   .141   21.7
Westbrook 2.32  1.11  1.25   .261   28.5      Paul     2.22  1.05  1.17   .248   27.8
Ibaka      .79   .29   .35   .095   14.3      Jordan    .68   .26   .24   .062   11.7
Jackson    .21   .07   .08   .025    8.3      Barnes    .27   .11   .06   .014    8.7
Perkins   -.06  -.02  -.06  -.026    4.4      Redick    .60   .18   .22   .074   14.3
Sefolosha  .73   .16   .33   .150   15.3      Crawford  .82   .25  -.02  -.007   13.8
Adams      .62   .17   .43   .159   14.0      Collison  .52   .12   .03   .013   11.9
Fisher    -.22  -.03  -.07  -.049    2.5      Davis     .91   .15   .20   .118   16.2
Collison   .51   .06   .08   .068   11.9      Granger  -.26  -.03   .00   .000    3.4
Butler    -.18  -.05  -.12  -.045    2.6      Dudley   -.30  -.02  -.02  -.033    1.1
. total   1.01  2.98  3.46   .117   15.8      total     .97  2.89  2.56   .086   15.6
    
                                
. SAS     e480  eWins   WS   WS/48   PER      . Por    e480  eWins   WS   WS/48   PER
Duncan    1.46   .49   .67   .198   18.4      Lillard   .84   .35   .00   .000   13.7
Leonard   2.44   .77  1.14   .360   27.7      Batum     .93   .39   .08   .019   12.4
Parker    1.88   .57   .38   .126   19.0      Aldridge 1.02   .41  -.11  -.028   13.0
Splitter   .93   .27   .59   .204   14.5      Matthews  .46   .18   .23   .058   10.6
Ginobili   .64   .15  -.06  -.025    7.9      Lopez     .75   .27   .36   .102   14.6
Diaw      1.08   .24   .44   .199   16.2      Williams -.66  -.05  -.14  -.191   -1.6
Green      .83   .20   .33   .136   12.8      Robinson  .21   .03   .09   .067    9.2
Belinelli 1.15   .25   .58   .264   19.7      Barton    .97   .16   .15   .088   17.7
Mills     2.12   .33   .48   .309   27.5     McCollum -1.09  -.05  -.19  -.394  -12.1
Baynes     .71   .06   .18   .200   15.9                     
. total   1.32  3.33  4.72   .196   18.0      total     .67  1.68   .45   .019   12.0
Only for the SA-Por series do team PER sum to 15.0 (average).
Both teams in the Ind-Was series had terrible PER, while Mia-Brk and Okl-LAC were all above avg.

The Blazers' collapse looks especially ugly in Win Shares. Only a couple of players added anything. The Spurs were collectively all-league.

For the 2nd round, correlations between player minutes and:
eW/480: .603
PER: .499
WS/48: .357
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Re: 2014 playoff summaries and misc.

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Were the Spurs led by Leonard, Duncan, and Parker (with ample role support)? Or led by LEONARD, Duncan, Splitter, Belinelli, and Mills -- with Parker just filling minutes?

Was Jamal Crawford really useless vs OKC? Or was he the Clipps' 4th or 5th best player?

Was John Wall pretty good (eW), pretty bad (PER) or really bad (WS) vs Ind?
Was David West above or below avg in the series? Ian Mahinmi? Al Harrington?

Were the Nets led by Joe Johnson, Teletovic and Kirilenko? Or by Johnson, DWill, Livingston, Pierce, Garnett?
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The Spurs have the 3rd best ORtg and the 4th best DRtg in the playoffs so far.

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O/DRtg   tm   G    ORtg   DRtg
1.076   SAS  13   113.5  105.5
1.059   Mia  10   114.6  108.2
1.024   Ind  14   102.6  100.2
1.019   LAC  13   113.4  111.3

1.019   Okl  14   110.4  108.4
1.011   Was  11   102.0  100.9
1.003   Hou   6   114.8  114.4
_.989   Atl   7   101.9  103.0

_.987   Brk  12   110.5  112.0
_.984   Tor   7   108.2  110.0
_.981   Dal   7   110.0  112.1
_.960   GSW   7   110.2  114.8

_.951   Chi   5   103.0  108.3
_.947   Mem   7   102.8  108.5
_.944   Por  11   107.2  113.6
_.904   Cha   4   101.5  112.3
The Spurs' 1.076 ORtg/DRtg ratio is arguably championship caliber.
In the post-Jordan era, here are postseason O/D of Finalists and best of the rest:

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O/D      yr    tm        O/D     yr    tm        O/D     yr    tm
1.140   2001   LAL      1.055   2004   Ind      1.037   2003   NJN
1.098   2010   Orl      1.055   2005   Det      1.033   2007   Det
1.096   2009   Cle      1.054   2000   Por      1.032   2002   Bos
1.089   1999   SAS      1.049   2011   Chi      1.030   2010   Bos
1.087   2009   Den      1.047   2005   SAS      1.029   2011   Mia
1.079   2004   Det      1.046   2005   Mia      1.027   2000   Ind
1.079   2012   Mia      1.045   2010   Phx      1.025   2007   Cle
1.076   2009   LAL      1.044   2007   SAS      1.024   2000   LAL
1.075   2013   SAS      1.043   2006   Dal      1.024   1999   NYK
1.071   2013   Mia      1.041   2006   Mia      1.023   2002   Sac
1.070   2001   Cha      1.041   2012   Okl      1.022   2008   LAL
1.062   2011   Dal      1.040   2002   LAL      1.019   2009   Orl
1.062   2012   SAS      1.040   1999   Ind      1.010   2004   LAL
1.061   2003   SAS      1.039   2010   LAL      1.000   2002   NJN
1.059   2008   Bos      1.039   2005   Phx       .999   2001   Phl
A few of these did not reach their Conference finals.
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Re: 2014 playoff summaries and misc.

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Mike G wrote:Best postseasons in the last 10 years, by Win Shares per 48. Minimum 350 minutes.
Per 36 minute rates are shown.

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playoffs  yr    tm   G   Min    Pts   Reb   Ast   Stl   Blk   PER  ws/48
LeBron   2009  Cle  14   580   30.7   7.9   6.3   1.4   .7   37.4   .399
LeBron * 2014  Mia   9   359   27.1   6.4   4.2   1.5   .4   32.8   .331
C Paul   2008  NOH  12   486   21.4   4.4  10.0   2.1   .1   30.7   .289
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After 2 games of the ECF, LeBron's ws/48 are at .296, his PER at 31.3
Both are still good for #2 in the era.
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Re: 2014 playoff summaries and misc.

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In the last 10 postseasons, of players with at least 400 playoff minutes, players who at this time would place among the top 100.
An avg in any category would of course be 10 entries. But as the playoffs advance, more players will reach 400 minutes. Offsetting that is the presumed increased competition, which tends to depress individual stats.

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Ast%    player      Pts/36  player      WS/48   player      PER    player
45.7   Paul         25.8   LeBron       .295   LeBron      31.3   LeBron
40.8   Westbrook    25.3   Durant       .206   Duncan      24.0  Westbrook
32.7   Wall         24.3   Westbrook    .201   Ariza       23.7   Paul
28.3   Parker       23.5   Aldridge     .197   Paul        23.2   Durant
28.0   D Williams   23.0   Griffin      .180   George      21.7   Griffin
25.8   Lillard      21.4   Parker       .174   Leonard     21.5   Duncan
23.9   LeBron       19.6   Paul         .171   Durant      21.2   Aldridge
22.3   D West       19.5   J Johnson    .169   Westbrook   20.4   J Johnson
21.8   Stephenson   19.5   Lillard      .158   Ibaka       19.6   George
19.9   Beal         18.8   George       .153   J Johnson   19.4   Lillard
19.3   Durant       18.0   Duncan                  
18.7   George                           
                              
TS%     player       Stl%   player      Blk%   player      TRb%    player
.664   LeBron        3.9   Paul         6.3   Jordan       21.1   Jordan
.626   J Johnson     3.0   Leonard      5.3   Hibbert      14.4   Aldridge
.591   Leonard       2.7   George       4.7   Ibaka        13.9   Duncan
.583   Paul          2.5   LeBron       3.4   Duncan       13.9   Ariza
.579   Durant        2.3   Ariza        3.0   Aldridge     12.9   Leonard
.578   Lillard       2.3   Wall         2.5   Griffin         
.570   George        2.1   Westbrook    2.3   D West         
.569   Duncan        2.1   Beal         2.2   Durant         
.552   Griffin       1.9   G Hill                  
TS% leaders are further qualified at >15 pts/36. This leaves Ariza off the list, as he scored just 13.3/36 while shooting .626
Chris Paul's Stl% is tied for best in the interval (Tony Allen last yr), and his Ast% is 6th best.
Jordan's Blk and Reb were 3rd/4th highest.
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