[CHRONIC] Inside the Numbers: Battier, Brooks, Scola and Artest

that's good to know.

artest + scola have really picked up their games since tracy went down. really proud of those guys. AB is still inconsistent, but he's learning. we shouldn't put too much responsibilities on him though b/c he's so young.

 

Way to come through with some great stats!

5 star thread!

 

Let me be the first to say that is INSANE how good Artest is playing right now. Shooting 50% from the three, 48% from AND playing awesome defense night in and night out? Where the hell would you find production like that? For the record, Kobe Bryant is only hitting 47% of his fg and 30% of his 3's. WOW is all I can say The question is of course, can he keep it up? I really hope he doesn't go Luther Head on us and start stinking come playoff time...

 

Brooks is doing better than I expected. I still think he is too streaky but having Lowry to pick up the slack minimizes Brooks inconsistency. It just seems you either get 20 points from Brooks or practically nothing. Time will tell with him I suppose.

Scola is a beast, so is Ron and Shane is actually showing all the "intangibles" that seemed to be missing in the first half of the season (due to injury I assume).

 

Since the trade, Aaron has shot 41% on his threes, and 41% on his twos. I'd like him to be a more efficient scorer on his drives to the basket.

This is how it's gone for him in these 11 games:

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[B]Date            H/R     Opp     2FG     2FGA    2P%     3FG     3FGA    3P%[/B]
2009-02-20      home    DAL     4       10      40%     3       5       60%
2009-02-22      home    CHA     2       7       29%     1       2       50%
2009-02-24      home    POR     6       15      40%     2       5       40%
2009-02-26      home    CLE     0       4       0%      1       3       33%
2009-02-28      road    CHI     1       4       25%     1       5       20%
2009-03-01      road    MIN     7       12      58%     1       5       20%
2009-03-03      home    TOR     1       6       17%     1       4       25%
2009-03-04      road    UTA     1       3       33%     2       5       40%
2009-03-06      home    PHO     7       13      54%     4       7       57%
2009-03-08      home    MEM     2       3       67%     1       3       33%
2009-03-09      road    DEN     5       11      45%     2       2       100%
                [B]overall         36      88      41%     19      46      41%[/B]

 

Luis Scola
- In 64 games and while averaging 29.7 minutes per game, Luis Scola has 25 double/doubles. Over 53 games and while averaging 32.2 minutes per game, Kevin Garnett has posted 22 double/doubles.

WOW! Scola > Garnett in double doubles?

I wonder how our 4 spot compares to the other 4 spots in the league? Has to be top 5?

 

So if Artest shoots his average or better we will win the game. I like that stat. Most of the games that he has shot poorly were with Mcgrady in the lineup.

 

Brooks has not been playing well since he was a starter. He has been slowed down a lot to wait for the half court sets. Maybe he is better playing from the bench. He needs to be in attacking mode every minute on the court.