The mystery of Ryan Anderson solved. (Predicatable)

Last year was the exact opposite. Better on more rest, better at home.

 

When you say b2b home or b2b road, do you mean both games are at home or on the road? If so you're missing some other scenarios: home+road b2b or road+home b2b. This is important because 0 day rest means only the 2nd game of the b2b

 

Is OP saying that the Rockets won't do well in the Playoffs, because Ryan can't shoot after 2 Rest Days? 2 days rest in the Playoffs is a common occurrence, especially in the Finals where you pretty much have two off-days after every game.

 

thats not true he's made at least one three this season

 

Ryan Anderson needs an 152 game season ...

 

Wish he would stop hesitating on his jumpers.

 

I was thinking the same thing! I'll take that stat line

 

Cool, but small sample. If he's like that in his career, it indicates he need more practice.

 

Also help explain our perfect the 2nd of b2b record

 

Good eye my friend! @Swapshop
Definitely an interesting correlation.

I wonder if there is an organic contribution to this correlation

 

Morey is calling on the phone right now to offer you a position.

 

Harden is the same after no days rest i think, he is amazing on back to backs

 

He's a rhythm shooter.

 

You should compare this to the other key players. Harden's 3 pt % and assist #s are the worst in that 2 day category as well. Ariza has lower shooting %s though higher absolute stats in that 2+ day rest category. Harden last year was generally better on 2+ days rest. It seems a bit arbitrary. The sample size is never going to be large for that category, and it is more likely impacted by which teams tehy are playing in that sample size, whether home/road, who is injured, and just pure luck.

The Rockets opponents on 2 days rest thus far appear to be:
Hawks - L (Anderson 4-10 on threes, but 4-13 overall, 12 points, 3 boards)
Spurs - L (Anderson 1-7 on threes, 1-13 overall, 6 points, 8 boards... yikes!)
Celtics - W (Anderson 0-5 on threes, 0-6 overall, 2 points, 6 boards... he was +8 somehow...?)
Spurs - L (Anderson 1-3 on threes, 2-8 overall, 7 points, 6 boards)
Suns - W (Anderson 3-5 on threes, 6-9 overall, 15 points, 5 boards)
Clippers - W (Anderson 1-8 on threes, 2-10 overall, 6 points, 3 boards)
Thunder - W (Anderson 2-7 on threes, 5-11 overall, 12 points, 4 rebounds)

So 6 really solid or great teams, and the Suns. And the Rockets are still 4-3 and blew that lead against the Spurs, should be 5-2. Not surprisingly Anderson played his best against the Suns in this grouping. The Spurs (LMA, Gasol), Thunder (Adams, Kanter, Sabonis), Hawks (Dwight, Milsap) do have bigger, better big men. Horford was rolling for the Celtics that night, though I wouldn't say the Celtics are a really big group generally.

It is something to keep an eye on, though more so just his performance overall against the better teams, with better bigs. That said, he played great against the Grizzlies (31 points, 7 rebounds in that loss), was solid in the win against the Spurs (20 points, 9 boards), and great against the Warriors (29 points, 5 boards). He's been so-so against the Jazz, Raptors, Cavs, and Thunder overall.

I think he's just a bit of a streaky player and the fact that it seems to coincide with having 2 days rest at the moment is more chance than anything.

 

According to Bill W., he's hitting his shots from Conroe.

 

Interesting......So he's like a Sinker pitcher where it kinda helps them out if their arm is slightly fatigued?

 

We need Ryno to be hot in the playoffs. If his shot is falling the Rox will be a tough out.

 

That chart said he was suppose to be hot tonite...