Hannes Becker examines the likelihood of the Warriors breaking the all-time wins record via a comparison to the existing holders, the 1995/96 Chicago Bulls.
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Hannes Becker returns to a favored topic of NC: the degree to which NBA defense & defensive performance reflects luck or lack thereof in opponent shotmaking
Johannes Becker asks is now too early to panic for teams off to rough starts? The answer is yes, but it won't be that long until it isn't.
Johannes Becker demonstrates a conceptual method for tracking SportVU X's and O's, identifying and classifying individual sets and play calls in the data.
A look at how the fortunes of teams rise and fall over time like NBA empires.
Using defender distance and defender height, we can identify the distance at which most players feel comfortable shooting.
Variance is an element of three-point shooting. You might die by the three, but good luck trying to live with out it.
A look at pace and efficiency for home and away teams, parsed by quarter.
A little more thinking about replacement level and how role can help us define the quantity.
Someone has finally disrupted the Houston Rockets extreme shot distribution pattern.
The Houston Rockets have been able to stick with Moreyball in the playoffs without any significant costs.
The San Antonio Spurs set up their defense to make Chris Paul a scorer in this series. It came back to bite them in the end.
The Blame Game: recapping offensive performances from the first round sweeps that ended this weekend.
Using SportVU-based distancology, Johannes Becker examines some shooting trends in the five series with two games played.
The Toronto Raptors and the San Antonio Spurs missed a lot of shots in Game 1. But they were shots they normally make.
Play-type data from NBA.com allows us to measure team strengths and weaknesses to generate a specific win probability for a playoff matchup.
Distancology looks at how certain players affect their team's offensive and defensive shot accuracy and shot frequency.