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The Impact Of Rest Days On Team Efficiency & Pace

 

B2B

 

OFFENSIVE EFFICIENCY   DEFENSIVE EFFICIENCY
TOP 5 ∆*   TOP 5 ∆*
New Orleans 9.4   Toronto -12.4
San Antonio 8.0   Seattle -9.0
New Jersey 5.1   Portland -4.9
Charlotte 4.2   Washington -3.6
Minnesota 3.6   Dallas -3.2
BOTTOM 5 ∆*   BOTTOM 5 ∆*
Seattle -10.3   New Orleans 12.9
New York -5.6   Boston 7.3
Chicago -2.9   Charlotte 7.1
Dallas -2.7   Denver 7.1
Memphis -2.5   Utah 6.6

*: Efficiency change under the given rest day situation

 

3rdIN4

 

OFFENSIVE EFFICIENCY   DEFENSIVE EFFICIENCY
TOP 5 ∆*   TOP 5 ∆*
Dallas 3.9   New Jersey -12.4
Golden State 3.1   Milwaukee -9.0
Utah 3.0   Boston -4.9
Memphis 2.6   Indiana -3.6
Phoenix 1.8   Denver -3.2
BOTTOM 5 ∆*   BOTTOM 5 ∆*
Boston -3.7   Sacramento 12.9
Chicago -3.4   Atlanta 7.3
Minnesota -3.0   New York 7.1
Detroit -2.6   LA Lakers 7.1
New Jersey -2.3   Dallas 6.6

*: Efficiency change under the given rest day situation

4thIN5

 

OFFENSIVE EFFICIENCY   DEFENSIVE EFFICIENCY
TOP 5 ∆*   TOP 5 ∆*
LA Clippers 15.7   LA Clippers -10.6
Portland 9.7   Boston -8.4
Chicago 8.8   New York -7.3
Indiana 8.4   Detroit -7.3
San Antonio 7.3   Philadelphia -6.5
BOTTOM 5 ∆*   BOTTOM 5 ∆*
Seattle -19.1   Milwaukee 20.3
Detroit -13.1   Cleveland 18.1
New York -10.1   San Antonio 17.0
Golden State -8.4   Dallas 16.3
Phoenix -7.3   Houston 14.5

*: Efficiency change under the given rest day situation

 

1 DAY REST

 

OFFENSIVE EFFICIENCY   DEFENSIVE EFFICIENCY
TOP 5 ∆*   TOP 5 ∆*
Detroit 4.3   Dallas -3.4
New York 3.7   Boston -3.3
Boston 2.7   New York -3.1
Seattle 2.7   Detroit -2.9
Minnesota 2.3   Philadelphia -2.1
BOTTOM 5 ∆*   BOTTOM 5 ∆*
Philadelphia -2.0   Philadelphia 1.9
Toronto -1.9   Cleveland 1.5
Milwaukee -1.8   San Antonio 1.0
Cleveland -1.6   Dallas 1.0
Phoenix -1.2   Houston 0.9

*: Efficiency change under the given rest day situation

2 DAYS REST

 

OFFENSIVE EFFICIENCY   DEFENSIVE EFFICIENCY
TOP 5 ∆*   TOP 5 ∆*
Toronto 6.5   Sacramento -5.8
Cleveland 6.3   Orlando -5.3
Houston 5.9   New York -4.6
Charlotte 5.8   Detroit -3.6
New Orleans 5.2   Washington -3.5
BOTTOM 5 ∆*   BOTTOM 5 ∆*
San Antonio -7.3   Philadelphia 7.2
New York -6.4   Dallas 5.4
Seattle -3.4   Cleveland 4.6
Utah -3.3   Utah 4.1
Dallas -2.9   Minnesota 3.8

*: Efficiency change under the given rest day situation

3+ DAYS REST

 

OFFENSIVE EFFICIENCY   DEFENSIVE EFFICIENCY
TOP 5 ∆*   TOP 5 ∆*
New York 4.1   Utah -9.8
Cleveland 2.7   Minnesota -8.3
Philadelphia 2.3   Sacramento -6.6
Toronto 2.1   LA Clippers -6.0
Phoenix 1.1   Philadelphia -5.3
BOTTOM 5 ∆*   BOTTOM 5 ∆*
Detroit -6.8   Detroit 6.1
Charlotte -6.6   Boston 5.9
Sacramento -6.2   Miami 4.2
Golden State -4.1   Indiana 2.5
Indiana -3.9   New York 2.4

*: Efficiency change under the given rest day situation

ABBREVIATIONS

 

  • B2B: teams playing second leg of back to back game sets
  • 3rdIN4: teams playing third game in four nights
  • 4thIN5: teams playing fourth game in 5 nights
  • 1: teams coming up the game w/ one day rest
  • 2: teams coming up the game w/ two days rest
  • 3+: teams coming up the game w/ at least three days rest

 

 




NBA Teams Giving Up Road-Trip Enders?

 

What makes me write this article is the New York Team. With being the second worst defensive team of NBA how did the Knicks manage Pistons hold to 65 points. It was their most lopsided victory of the season. Contrarily, scoring 65 points against any team is worth to think about the reason(s). Here is a breakdown of most likely reasons which will help us see why such results in the NBA are not as stunning as they seem.

 

 

 

 

 




How Fair is NBA Schedule?

As we have 1230 NBA regular season games, do you think the games are being scheduled fairly? On the paper, it seems that some teams have easier schedules than the others; but with home stands and road trips all teams have to play 82 games in a 5.5. month time. To sum up research results, all I can speak that the further your team advances in last season's playoff, the easier schedule will be awarded by NBA.





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