Very interesting stats. I've noticed that Harden seems to have a ton of TOs lately when he comes into the game in the 2nd and 4th quarters after rest. So I wanted to check on this myself by breaking down his stats by quarter. For the most part he seems to be consistent from the 1st half to the 2nd half. But as I analyze these #s it appears the TOs are not the problem as much (as you can surprisingly see that he avgs less than 1 in the 4th quarter). His shot is off however quite a bit. You'd think after rest he'd come in fresh again but when he sits on the bench and comes in cold, his shot just isn't there most of the time. Not coincidentally, his +/- is down as well. In OT (3 games) he has been a beast with absolutely ZERO TOs. Lastly, I took a look at loses and his 4th quarter 3pt% is an awful 19.5%- including 16.0% on the road in 13 games. 1Q- 11.7 mins, 46.4 FG%, 38.0 3pt%, 2.5 Rbs, 4.1 As, 2.0 TOs, 2.6 FT Made, 8.5 pts, +2.3, 5.4 2ptFGA, 2.4 3ptFGA 2Q- 6.7 mins, 43.5 FG%, 33.9 3pt%, 1.4 Rbs, 2.1 As, 1.2 TOs, 1.8 FT Made, 5.7 pts, +0.6, 3.8 2ptFGA, 1.7 3ptFGA 3Q- 11.6 mins, 45.2 FG%, 38.7 3pt%, 2.4 Rbs, 3.4 As, 1.7 TOs, 3.0 FT Made, 9.3 pts, +2.5, 5.8 2ptFGA, 3.1 3ptFGA 4Q- 7.0 mins, 40.7 FG%, 27.3 3pt%, 2.1 Rbs, 1.7 As, 0.9 TOs, 2.0 FT Made, 5.8 pts, +0.9, 4.0 2ptFGA, 2.0 3ptFGA OT- 5.0 mins, 57.1 FG%, 33.3 3pt%, 1.0 Rbs, 1.3 As, 0.0 TOs, 3.3 FT Made, 6.3 pts, +2.0 Now by half: 1st Half- 18.3 mins, 45.2 FG%, 36.3 3pt%, 3.9 Rbs, 6.2 As, 3.2 TOs, 4.3 FT Made, 14.1 pts, +2.8 2nd Half- 18.6 mins, 43.8 FG%, 34.1 3pt%, 4.5 Rbs, 5.1 As, 2.6 TOs, 5.0 FT Made, 15.1 pts, +3.4 Lastly: Since the All-Star Break in the 4th quarter he has an avg +/- of (-1.3) and his #s are super bad. 4Q- 7.4 mins, 33.3 FG%, 21.1 3pt%, 1.5 Rbs, 1.5 As, 0.7 TOs, 2.6 FT Made, 5.4 pts, (-1.3)
like i have been saying, he does most of his turnovers in the first quarter/half when he tries to get everyone else going
Show the FT%. Harden has some crappy 3PT%s....... much better than Kobe, though. Beard had another 8 TO's tonight. Prolly 1st and 3rd Q mostly.
Didnt we conclude Harden's numbers were good on back to backs and 1 days rest, but not so much on multiple days rest? He seems to embrace the grind and likes to get a lather. He needs the rhythm.
Agreed, which is probably why he doesn't do too well in the 2nd/4th. 1st and 3rd he comes out fresh and plays for a longer period to get into the flow of the game
