2026 Playoff Summaries

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2026 Playoff Summaries

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2-game leaders. xyz is a mix of eWins, VORP, and WS. Other available stats are shown.

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xyz     Player        Pos   tm   min   PER   WS   WS/48   BPM  VORP   e480  eWin
.309   Shai G-A       PG   OKC   67   32.8   .56   .403   9.5   .20   2.57   .36
.303  Cade Cunningham PG   Det   78   24.3   .32   .194   8.1   .20   2.74   .44
.299 Donovan Mitchell SG   Cle   68   31.4   .43   .302   8.5   .18   2.88   .41
.295   Jayson Tatum   PF   Bos   71   25.1   .41   .278   8.3   .19   2.64   .39
.290   Jaylen Brown   SF   Bos   68   27.4   .36   .252   9.9   .21   2.58   .36

.272   James Harden   PG   Cle   68   27.4   .34   .241   9.3   .20   2.37   .34
.271   Luke Kennard   SG    LA   80   24.0   .42   .254   6.3   .17   2.05   .34
.269  Jalen Williams  SG   OKC   52   33.8   .44   .408  13.8   .21   2.47   .27
.268   LeBron James   SF    LA   78   24.1   .43   .263   5.2   .15   2.40   .39
.256   Evan Mobley    PF   Cle   66   26.7   .42   .305   7.1   .16   2.41   .33

xyz     Player        Pos   tm   min   PER   WS   WS/48   BPM  VORP   e480  eWin
.252  Robert Williams  C   Por   40   36.2   .35   .418  20.0   .22   2.90   .24
.251   Nikola Jokić    C   Den   80   20.6   .22   .132   6.8   .18   2.22   .37
.241   Marcus Smart   SG    LA   69   23.4   .29   .202   8.2   .18   2.03   .29
.231   Karl-A Towns    C    NY   66   24.4   .32   .233   7.2   .16   2.11   .29
.220   Josh Hart      SF    NY   72   18.9   .27   .178   6.2   .15   1.91   .29

.209  Scoot Henderson PG   Por   65   23.6   .26   .189   7.6   .16   1.80   .24
.198   VJ Edgecombe   SG   Phl   69   23.4   .21   .143   8.2   .18   1.48   .21
.192   Luke Kornet     C   SAS   42   29.9   .31   .358  11.2   .14   2.32   .20
.189   Jalen Brunson  PG    NY   72   20.8   .20   .135   4.1   .11   2.01   .30
.188   Jamal Murray   PG   Den   82   19.5   .20   .116   3.4   .12   1.73   .30

xyz     Player        Pos   tm   min   PER   WS   WS/48   BPM  VORP   e480  eWin
.186  Vi. Wembanyama   C   SAS   45   27.6   .19   .202   8.4   .12   3.03   .28
.183  Alperen Şengün   C   Hou   71   21.2   .16   .109   5.4   .14   1.76   .26
.183   OG Anunoby     PF    NY   76   17.0   .31   .198   4.6   .13   1.23   .19
.174   Chet Holmgren  PF   OKC   57   24.9   .31   .258   5.4   .11   1.75   .21
.172  Collin M-Boyles PF   Tor   46   28.8   .23   .239   9.6   .14   1.96   .19

.172   CJ McCollum    PG   Atl   69   23.7   .11   .075   6.0   .14   1.82   .26
.166  Paolo Banchero  PF   Orl   71   17.3   .14   .095   4.4   .12   1.70   .25
.161  Do. DiVincenzo  SG   Min   62   17.4   .20   .154   7.4   .15   1.21   .16
.159  Wendell Carter   C   Orl   61   17.9   .29   .227   5.9   .12   1.19   .15
.159   Tyrese Maxey   PG   Phl   76   18.9   .12   .074   4.3   .12   1.49   .24

xyz     Player        Pos   tm   min   PER   WS   WS/48   BPM  VORP   e480  eWin
.159  Anthony Edwards SG   Min   78   18.2   .10   .062   3.6   .11   1.71   .28
.159   Royce O'Neale  SF   Phx   57   20.4   .22   .184   9.9   .17   1.04   .12
.157  Onyeka Okongwu   C   Atl   67   19.0   .25   .177   4.3   .11   1.28   .18
.156   Ajay Mitchell  SG   OKC   51   22.5   .31   .288   6.9   .12   1.39   .15
.149   RJ Barrett     SF   Tor   68   21.7   .18   .126   3.3   .09   1.52   .22
I think at least one player from each team is included here.
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Re: 2026 Playoff Summaries

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Thru the first 22 playoff games, 20 best individual performances.
GameScore is multiplied by 100/(Opp Pts) to derive GSc2.
"game" (for lack of another term) = (GSc2 + 2*(BPM+5.25)*min/48)/3 -- the BPM component counts twice as much as adjusted GmSc, for now.

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game    Player         tm   opp   G   GSc2   BPM   min   TS%   Pt  Rb  As  St  Bk  TO
24.1  Scottie Barnes  Tor   Cle   3   32.5   22.1   35   .77   33   5  11   1   1   1
22.2   Marcus Smart   LAL   Hou   2   27.8   21.0   36   .82   25   2   7   5   1   3
21.2   Marcus Smart   LAL   Hou   3   25.1   18.2   39   .76   21   4  10   5   2   3
20.4   VJ Edgecombe   Phl   Bos   2   27.6   17.5   35   .75   30  10   2   2   0   2
20.3   OG Anunoby     NYK   Atl   3   26.0   17.6   37   .76   29   9   1   1   3   0

19.2  Alperen Sengun  Hou   LAL   3   27.3   10.3   47   .58   33  16   6   3   1   3
19.2   Jrue Holiday   Por   SAS   3   23.1   15.2   41   .81   29   6   5   4   0   2
19.2   Amen Thompson  Hou   LAL   3   26.4   10.2   48   .66   26  11   4   3   3   1
19.0   Dylan Harper   SAS   Por   3   25.2   20.3   30   .92   27  10   3   1   1   1
18.4   RJ Barrett     Tor   Cle   3   26.3   12.4   39   .75   33   5   5   2   1   2

game    Player         tm   opp   G   GSc2   BPM   min   TS%   Pt  Rb  As  St  Bk  TO
18.0   Shai G-A       OKC   Phx   2   28.5   10.7   38   .64   37   5   9   1   0   3
17.9   Jason Tatum    Bos   Phl   1   28.0   13.7   32   .64   25  11   7   2   0   1
17.5  Jalen Williams  OKC   Phx   1   26.8   16.1   29   .69   22   7   6   1   1   1
17.5   Jaylen Brown   Bos   Phl   2   23.1   13.3   38   .62   36   7   4   1   1   3
16.8  Wendell Carter  Orl   Det   1   19.8   14.8   37   .94   17   7   5   2   1   0

16.6   CJ McCollum    Atl   NYK   2   24.2   12.2   35   .64   32   3   6   2   1   2
16.6   James Harden   Cle   Tor   2   23.6   12.7   35   .76   28   5   4   5   1   5
16.4   Karl-A Towns   NYK   Atl   3   22.5   13.5   34   .72   21  17   4   2   2   3
16.3   Deni Avdija    Por   SAS   1   22.6   10.7   40   .64   30  10   5   1   1   2
16.3  Vi. Wembanyama  SAS   Por   1   24.4   12.6   33   .75   35   5   1   0   2   4
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Re: 2026 Playoff Summaries

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OKC 4 - 0 Phx
Game by game eWins, approximately.

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eWins    by game :    tm     1     2     3     4
.85   Shai G-A       OKC   .14   .22   .35   .14
.47   Chet Holmgren  OKC   .10   .11   .07   .19
.36  Is. Hartenstein OKC   .07   .08   .05   .16
.33   Dillon Brooks  Phx   .05   .08   .12   .08
.29  Jalen Williams  OKC   .15   .12   .03   .00
.28   Ajay Mitchell  OKC   .06   .09   .04   .09
.26   Jalen Green    Phx   .05   .02   .12   .07
.19   Devin Booker   Phx   .06   .07   .06   .00
.19 Collin Gillespie Phx   .02   .04   .07   .06
.14   Alex Caruso    OKC         .05   .05   .04
.14   Oso Ighodaro   Phx   .02   .02   .04   .06
.13   Royce O'Neale  Phx   .02   .10  -.03   .04
.12   Cason Wallace  OKC   .04   .03   .00   .05
.10  Jaylin Williams OKC        (.06)  .03   .01
.06   Luguentz Dort  OKC   .04   .02   .05  -.05
.06   Grayson Allen  Phx               .00   .06
.03   Jared McCain   OKC        (.04) -.01
.03   Isaiah Joe     OKC   .04   .01  -.02   .00
.02   Aaron Wiggins  OKC         .02   .00
-.03  Khaman Maluach Phx       (-.03) -.01   .01
-.05  Ryan Dunn      Phx  -.01  -.02  -.01  -.01
(.xx) = may include some earlier minutes.

Is one of these formats better than the other?

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eWin   Spurs     1    2    3    4    5     eWin  Blazers    1    2    3    4    5
.75   Wemby    .23  .05 -.02  .28  .21     .45   Avdija   .19  .04  .07  .11  .04
.63   Fox      .15  .06  .05  .23  .14     .38  Williams  .09  .15  .06  .01  .07
.51   Castle   .11  .10  .19  .11  .00     .34   Holiday  .04  .07  .19  .06 -.02
.34   Kornet   .10  .10  .10 -.01  .05     .22   Clingan  .01  .07  .06  .03  .05
.30   Vassell  .06  .15  .02  .06  .01     .12 Henderson  .06  .18  .00 -.10 -.02
.30 Champagnie .06  .03  .03  .02  .16     .11   Sharpe   .01  .03  .01  .05  .01
.29   Harper  -.01 -.02  .26 -.05  .11     .08   Grant   -.03 -.05  .03  .06  .07
.10   Johnson  .00  .01  .02  .05  .02     .03  Thybulle  .00 -.02  .01  .01  .03
.10   Bryant       (.01) .04  .04  .01     .01   Camar   -.02  .09 -.10  .02  .02
-.05  Barnes  -.01 -.02 -.01  .00 -.01         
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Re: 2026 Playoff Summaries

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. Hou      1    2    3    4    5    6      . LAL    1    2    3    4    5    6
Şengün   .08  .18  .22  .17  .13  .05      LeBron .20  .19  .18 -.01  .17  .24
Thompson .09  .08  .18  .18  .09  .08      Smart  .06  .23  .23  .02  .00  .12
Eason    .12  .02 -.02  .20  .11  .05      Ayton  .15  .00 -.03  .12  .16  .10
Smith    .07  .05  .07  .13  .15  .00      Rui    .04  .04  .09  .05  .01  .16
Sheppard .03  .00  .03  .11  .07 -.02     Kennard .18  .16  .02 -.06 -.02  .01
Durant        .07                          Reaves                     .09  .09
Okogie   .01 -.01 -.01  .04  .03  .00      Hayes  .00  .04  .06 -.03 -.02  .05
Tate     .02 -.02  .00  .01  .00  .02      V'bilt .00  .00  .02  .04  .00  .01
Capela  -.01  .01  .01  .00  .00  .01     LaRavia .03 -.04 -.02  .00  .01  .03
F-Smith                -.02  .01 -.03      Bronny              (-.01) .00  .02
Holiday -.03  .00 -.03  .00 -.01  .01                        
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Re: 2026 Playoff Summaries

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. Bos     1    2    3    4    5    6    7    . Phl     1    2    3    4    5    6    7
Tatum   .20  .19  .17  .28  .18  .13  .00    Maxey   .06  .18  .15  .05  .20  .24  .28
Brown   .14  .22  .15  .11  .07  .01  .21    Embiid                 .15  .18  .18  .28
Queta   .08  .03  .06  .10  .06  .04  .12    George  .05  .10  .08  .06  .11  .12  .01
Pritc'd .06  .00  .05  .20  .08  .04  .02  Edgecombe .04  .17  .04 -.06  .02  .09  .10
White   .06 -.02  .05  .02 -.06  .00  .13    Grimes  .01  .00  .02  .06  .08 -.01  .00
Hauser  .08  .03  .02  .01  .01  .00  .01   Drummond .01  .05  .02 -.01  .05  .03 -.01
Garza   .03  .02  .02  .04  .03  .05 -.05    Oubre   .03  .01  .08 -.06 -.03  .05 -.01
Sch'man .02  .02  .05  .03 -.01  .02 -.02    Barlow  .01 -.02  .00 -.01  .01  .00 -.01
Vučević .02  .03  .05  .00  .03  .00 -.02    Bona    .0  -.04  .04 -.02 -.01 -.01  .00
Harper                           .06  .00    Edwards .03  .01 -.04 -.01 -.01 -.01 -.01
Walsh   .02  .00 -.01  .01  .02  .02 -.02                  
total   .74  .52  .61  .85  .38  .34  .37    total   .26  .48  .39  .15  .62  .66  .63
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Re: 2026 Playoff Summaries

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Best individual games of the first round:

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xyz     Player         tm  G   GmSc   BPM   min  TS%   Pt  Rb  As  St  Bk  TO
28.8   Ayo Dosumnu    Min  4   37.1   22.1   42  .97   43   4   1   0   1   1
24.8   Shai G-A       OKC  3   38.6   19.5   38  .83   42   4   8   1   0   3
24.0  Scottie Barnes  Tor  3   33.8   22.1   35  .77   33   5  11   1   1   1
23.6   OG Anunoby     NYK  6   31.0   26.6   27  .90   29   7   2   4   1   0
22.2   Marcus Smart   LAL  2   26.1   21.0   36  .82   25   2   7   5   1   3

21.2   Tobias Harris  Det  7   28.6   16.8   36  .78   30   9   2   3   1   1
21.1   Marcus Smart   LAL  3   27.1   18.2   39  .76   21   4  10   5   2   3
20.7   Jalen Brunson  NYK  5   32.4   14.7   35  .74   39   3   8   0   0   1
20.5  Scottie Barnes  Tor  6   28.3   12.7   48  .55   25   7  14   3   3   3
20.4  Cade Cunningham Det  5   33.8   11.5   44  .77   45   4   5   1   0   6

xyz.    Player         tm  G   GmSc   BPM   min  TS%   Pt  Rb  As  St  Bk  TO
20.3   VJ Edgecombe   Phl  2   26.8   17.5   35  .75   30  10   2   2   0   2
20.3 Payton Pritchard Bos  4   28.2   16.7   35  .73   32   4   5   1   0   0
20.2   OG Anunoby     NYK  3   28.3   17.6   37  .76   29   9   1   1   3   0
20.2  Vi. Wembanyama  SAS  4   28.5   15.9   34  .66   27  12   3   4   7   4
19.3   Nikola Jokic   Den  5   30.9   14.3   38  .60   27  12  16   0   2   3

19.2  Alperen Sengun  Hou  3   30.6   10.3   47  .58   33  16   6   3   1   3
19.2   Jrue Holiday   Por  3   27.7   15.2   41  .81   29   6   5   4   0   2
19.2   Amen Thompson  Hou  3   29.6   10.2   48  .66   26  11   4   3   3   1
19.0   De'Aaron Fox   SAS  4   25.8   12.9   39  .75   28   6   7   1   2   3
18.9   Dylan Harper   SAS  3   27.2   20.3   30  .92   27  10   3   1   1   1

xyz.    Player         tm  G   GmSc   BPM   min  TS%   Pt  Rb  As  St  Bk  TO
18.7  Cade Cunningham Det  7   27.1   11.4   40  .71   32   1  12   0   2   4
18.4   Tyrese Maxey   Phl  7   27.4    9.6   45  .73   30  11   7   0   0   1
18.4   Jason Tatum    Bos  4   25.6   14.4   35  .75   30   7  11   0   0   5
18.4   RJ Barrett     Tor  3   27.4   12.4   39  .75   33   5   5   2   1   2
18.2  Paolo Banchero  Orl  5   30.9   11.3   41  .62   45   9   7   2   0   6

18.2   Joel Embiid    Phl  7   27.3   11.6   39  .55   34  12   6   0   1   1
18.1  Paolo Banchero  Orl  4   25.2   13.9   38  .54   25  12   9   3   2   3
17.9   Shai G-A       OKC  2   30.5   10.7   38  .64   37   5   9   1   0   3
17.8   Jason Tatum    Bos  1   25.5   13.7   32  .64   25  11   7   2   0   1
17.6  Vi. Wembanyama  SAS  5   22.4   15.7   34  .88   17  14   3   0   6   1
17.6  Jaden McDaniels Min  6   27.1    8.2   45  .58   32  10   3   2   1   0
xyz = (2/3)*(BPM+5.25)*min/48 + (1/3)GmSc*100/OppPts
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Re: 2026 Playoff Summaries

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First round team stats, and correlations to player minutes:

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win    PER   WS/48   BPM   e480     lose   PER   WS/48   BPM   e480
OKC   20.2   .210   3.69   1.38      Phx   13.5  -.008  -0.57   .62
corr   .34    .35    .13    .38      corr   .54    .28    .34   .70
                              
SAS   17.1   .173   3.07   1.32      Por   12.8   .029   0.06   .68
corr   .07    .02    .02    .08      corr   .80    .55    .76   .74
                              
win    PER   WS/48   BPM   e480     lose    PER   WS/48   BPM  e480
NYK   18.2   .203   3.31   1.39      Atl   12.6  -.006  -0.97   .61
corr   .47    .45    .59    .65      corr   .68    .37    .60   .69
                              
Min   15.1   .127   1.97   1.13      Den   13.9   .070   0.81   .87
corr  -.11   -.11   -.32   -.21      corr   .65    .18    .52   .68
                              
win    PER   WS/48   BPM   e480     lose   PER   WS/48   BPM   e480
LAL   14.7   .120   0.47   1.08      Hou   14.2   .089  -0.15   .92
corr   .63    .44    .65    .63      corr   .75    .68    .78   .79
                              
Phl   14.8   .083   1.24    .91      Bos   15.5   .121   1.87  1.09
corr   .29    .18    .34    .31      corr   .30   -.06    .27   .38
                              
win    PER   WS/48   BPM   e480     lose   PER   WS/48   BPM   e480
Det   14.7   .133   2.18   1.15      Orl   13.0   .073   0.92   .85
corr   .85    .76    .71    .89      corr   .26    .12    .31   .38
                              
Cle   15.6   .123   1.36   1.05      Tor   15.2   .085   1.01   .95
corr   .69    .27    .53    .78      corr   .49    .31    .54   .56
Most of the very low stat:minutes correlations are due to a team's best player(s) missing some games.
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