I've posted these types of stats before ... it's not meant to advocate any type of position of mine. Some would seem obvious... others are just interesting. Assists When Steve Francis dishes 6 or more assists... The Rockets are 16-6 (.727 winning percentage). In those games, Mobley shoots 44.6%, Yao 54.1%, Mo Taylor 53.2%, Jim Jackson 45.3% and Kelvin Cato 46.3%. Ironically, of the major players, only Francis (39.4%) does not see an increase in FG%. Combined opponent winning percentage is .491 in those games. 12 of the games were against the East (10-2 record), and the Rockets have only played 16 times against the East. Only 10 of a possible 22 were against the West (6-4 record) When Steve Francis dishes less than 6 assists... The Rockets are 6-10 (.375 winning percentage). Combined opponent winning percentage is .529 in those games. In those 16 games, the Rockets are 2-2 against the East and 4-8 against the West, including 0-6 against the West on the road. Of those 8 losses against the West, Francis shoots 36.6% on 16.4 attempts per game and has an upside-down assist-turnover ratio (3.6 assists to 4.3 turnovers) You can debate whether or not the players knocking down the shots creates the assists, or Francis is creating better shots for those guys in those games. Shot Attempts When Steve Francis shoots the ball 15 times or more... The Rockets are 10-11, including 4-7 on the road and 5-7 against the West. Strength of Schedule: Opponent winning percentage is .532 Cuttino Mobley: averages 14.3 points on 43.7% shooting (12.4 attempts), 4 boards, and 3.3 assists. Steve Francis: averages 19.1 points on 38.5% shooting (17.4 attempts), 6.1 boards and 4.7 assists (3.5 turnovers). Yao Ming: averages 14.9 points on 47.3% shooting (11.7 attempts), 9.1 boards and 1.76 blocks. When Cuttino Mobley shoots the ball 15 times or more... The Rockets are 10-3, including 5-1 on the road and 5-2 against the West. Strength of Schedule: Opponent winning percentage is .447 Cuttino Mobley: averages 20.6 points on 45.4% shooting (16.8 attempts), 4.9 boards, and 4.2 assists. Steve Francis: averages 15.7 points on 39.2% shooting (13.5 attempts), 5.6 boards, and 6.6 assists (4.6 turnovers). Yao Ming: averages 16.2 points on 61.5% shooting (9.4 attempts), 8.6 boards and 2.62 blocks. When Yao Ming shoots the ball 15 times or more... The Rockets are 6-1, including 5-0 at home and 4-0 against the East. Strength of Schedule: Opponent winning percentage is .443 Cuttino Mobley: averages 15.0 points on 45.1% shooting (13 attempts), 2.9 boards, and 3.4 assists. Steve Francis: averages 18.3 points on 40.5% shooting (16.9 attempts), 6.0 boards, and 5.3 assists (3.9 turnovers). Yao Ming: averages 19.3 points on 41.4% shooting (16.9 attempts), 12.4 boards and 2.0 blocks. Blocks The Rockets were 22-4 last season when Yao Ming had 3 or more blocked shots. They are 8-2 this season (average per game is 3.9). Yao shoots 60.0% from the floor and Francis averages 6.9 assists a game in those 10. Miscellaneous The Rockets are 9-0 this season when Cuttino Mobley scores 20 or more points (7-0 at home). Mobley shoots 45.7% at home this season, but just 40.9% on the road. In wins, Mobley shoots 46.8% while in losses he drops to 37.4%. Yao Ming goes from 55% to 47%. Steve Francis hits 38% of his threes at home, but drops to 26% on the road. The Rockets are 3-7 against the Midwest (0-5 on the road). The Rockets are 8-2 when Cuttino Mobley makes 3 three-pointers or more. They are 8-3 when Jim Jackson does it. ... and from the totally bizarre department, the Rockets are 3-1 when Francis turns it over 7 times or more.
Thanks, Clutch. Music to the ears of an admitted stats freak. My meager contribution... The Rockets are 19-4 when leading or tied at the end of the first quarter. (2-12 when trailing).
That's funny, it reminds me of that signature someone has from Milo Hamilton: " Don't count that chicken before it's laid "
Hmm, the team plays best when Cat and Yao take the most shots. If only somebody had thought that maybe the offense should be based on Cat and Yao and Steve should shoot a lot less. Oh wait, that is what I posted weeks ago. Can we trade Steve yet?
The danger of statistics.... Here's a pat on the back for you.... pat pat pat.... Wow you're the greatest. Maybe we can get you a yes man and we'll surely call IT in NY and get that guy otta here.... He'll surely want SF with his new guard oriented coach and the pasting SF put on his boy....
Looking at the stats, it looks like they take the most shots against the crappy teams. They don't shoot near as well against the good teams.
A) you can't really ascertain that from the data given. B) Even if you could, they both still shoot better than Francis.
That's an unbelievable stat, considering how meaningless the score at the end of Q1 is for NBA games in general. It just confirms an observation that I have had this season: the Rockets are a rhytm team, if they get into a grove, they are tough to beat, if they start disjointed they can't find the rythm the whole game. It is quite a different team from the veteran teams that we had before with Dream, that could turn it ON and OFF several times during a game. Great observation Gater!
The most consistent factor there is opponent strength. The Rockets do everything better against weak teams and can't do squat against good teams.
This seems like a stat based on games being out of reach and Steve getting sloppy. The other night when he had 7, 3 of them came at the end of the fourth quarter when they had the game sealed. Great stuff, Clutch!
Actually, Yao shoots better when Steve takes the most shots against those good teams than when he takes the most shots against slightly worse teams. Yao's stats in terms of who shoots the ball the most are the most confusing to understand.
What is our ranking in opponents field goal %? I know we are #1 in 4th quarter field goal % according to Bill.. Great stats! Cat and Yao! But does Steve get more defensive pressure? It seems like they just put a point guard on him and trap him..and Mobley usually creates by himself or with big man help... Interesting
the teams mental strength/inconsistency stands out to me in this stat, it's almost like if they come to play at the start (ie then lead after 1 quarter) then they play but if they don't bring it then they get behind and give up to easy......... Great Stats Clutch.... i remember you did something similar last year.... wonder what a compirson would look like and to see if Steve is making progress at getting the balance between distributing and scoring better......
