01-15-2022, 02:48 PM
(01-15-2022, 02:39 PM)DanSchwartzgan Wrote: Let's just look at 1/1 til now. Below are raw numbers for Brunson, for Luka and the combo in a series of games where the combo total is -5.6. Yes, it is a small sample size, but we did go 6-1 during this stretch with an average margin of +9.7.
Team JB Luka Combo
1/2 W (+9) +0 -4 -20.0
1/3 W (14) +10 +25 +47.3
1/5 W (+17) -2 +2 -32.6
1/7 W (+24) +31 DNP NA
1/9 W (+14) +3 +26 +19.3
1/12 L (-23) -19 -24 -35.6
1/14 W (+27) +12 +12 -6.8
Turns out a couple of good games (Games Luka was really positive) are lifting up the number (to -5.6) rather than one bad game dragging down an otherwise good number. Yeah, I thought you might have made a good point about the really bad performance in NY, but the Luka/JB minutes were really bad in wins against OKC and Golden State. Even in last night's game the combo was -6.8.
Any tendence when it comes to offensive/defensive rating? What is tanking the lineup numbers?