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Statistically Speaking, Rockets are tops among bubble teams

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by ZRB, Dec 1, 2000.

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  1. ZRB

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    The points allowed are pretty good. Last year, the Lakers held teams to around 94 points a game. This year, the Rockets are holding teams to around 91 per game. It seems that the other teams build up their fg percentage in the first half, when the Rockets play really weak defense. Then, in the second half, the Rockets tighten up. They gave up 52 points in the first half to Sac the other night, and held them to 36 in the second. What they need to do, is play this way the entire game. That way, when the offense isn't clicking, they can still stay in the game and not get down by 30. If it wasn't for the Rockets great offense in the first half against Denver, they would have been down 20 at halftime, because Denver scored on just about every trip down the court.

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    Sounds like "fuzzy math" to me....

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    Normally all bubbles are fragile an liquidity so one bubble is just as likely to burst as another but...

    Thats interesting analysis, MManal. The Rockets bubble is definitely the least likely to burst from what you have showed.

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    Since we are about 20% of the way through the season, I figured I would see which team is doing the best in the area of traditional indicators among the bubble playoff teams in the West. I included Minnesota, Dallas, Denver, Houston and Seattle in this. The two main measuring stats that take the team as a whole are FG % against and pt differential. Here's what I came up with:

    Pt Differential
    Houston +2.2
    Dallas -.2
    Minnesota +.5
    Denver -4.9
    Seattle -1.0

    FG% Against
    Houston .451
    Dallas .452
    Minnesota .465
    Denver .457
    Seattle .451


    Houston leads the bubble teams in both these areas and has been w/o Cato for a significant portion of the time. Hopefully when Cato gets back, the Rockets interior defense will improve more and the FG% against and pts allowed will drop. I think we can expect this much offense or better even with Cato back b/c I dont see the tempo slowing down any. If anything, the fast break will eventually start to click on all cylinders, something that has not happened yet on a consistent basis.


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