2019 NBA Playoffs

[O_Gardino]

I think Millsap has one more year on his deal.

He does, but it’s a team option. He might push them into the luxury tax...and they do have Michael Porter Jr waiting to play

Oh, I didn't realize it was an option. That's a lot of money, but he's playing very well for them in the playoffs.

[Indy]

Kawhi has been unreal in the playoffs

It is just ridiculous what he is doing. He is averaging over 30 points per game with less than 20 FGAs per game. I don't know how to search for that in just the playoffs, but if he did that in the regular season, he would be only the 3rd guy ever behind Karl Malone and Adrian Dantley.

[Mori Chu]

In TOR/PHI, I find myself rooting for the Raptors. I don't dislike Philly but I guess I don't think they are ready yet. I want them to keep growing and getting better and be a contender in a year or two. I like Embiid and Simmons a lot, but I don't care as much for Butler and the others. Toronto feels built to win now. I like Kawhi and Marc Gasol and Lowry and Siakam (not a rookie!) and Danny Green and a lot of their other guys. I really wanted the ECF to be Bucks/Raptors but I'll settle for Bucks/Sixers; both would be good series. I think either way Milwaukee will be in the Finals.

As for Nuggets/Blazers, that series has been really fun. Obviously there was the 4OT thriller, but each game has just had lots of fun little matchups and back-n-forths. Enjoying watching Jokic in extended minutes; he is so crafty and clever with the ball. I just love seeing the weird passes and flicks he comes up with. I don't like when he goes outside and starts chucking 3s and long 2s, but oh well. And Jamal Murray has become quite a player. Won't bring up that draft again, but really happy the Nugs found a piece like that. They have a lot of other sneaky good players like Harris and Millsap, just a bunch of workhorses doing their roles. Nice team.

The Blazers are exciting; Dame Lillard has given us some great moments already, McCollum is right there with him in terms of being a big shot-maker, and they have a lot of good glue guys too such as Aminu, Harkless, Kanter, Hood, Curry. Seems like everybody in both teams' rotations gets what their job is and likes to play together. Fun series. I don't think either team has a shot at making the Finals and will get torn up by the Warriors in the WCF, but it's still really fun to see them go at it.

[Cap]

Kawhi has been unreal in the playoffs

It is just ridiculous what he is doing. He is averaging over 30 points per game with less than 20 FGAs per game. I don't know how to search for that in just the playoffs, but if he did that in the regular season, he would be only the 3rd guy ever behind Karl Malone and Adrian Dantley.

http://bkref.com/tiny/oQYKU

[O_Gardino]

Kawhi has been unreal in the playoffs

It is just ridiculous what he is doing. He is averaging over 30 points per game with less than 20 FGAs per game. I don't know how to search for that in just the playoffs, but if he did that in the regular season, he would be only the 3rd guy ever behind Karl Malone and Adrian Dantley.

http://bkref.com/tiny/oQYKU

LOL . Shaq and Reggie don't appear together in many statistical groupings.

[Indy]

Kawhi has been unreal in the playoffs

It is just ridiculous what he is doing. He is averaging over 30 points per game with less than 20 FGAs per game. I don't know how to search for that in just the playoffs, but if he did that in the regular season, he would be only the 3rd guy ever behind Karl Malone and Adrian Dantley.

http://bkref.com/tiny/oQYKU

thanks--I couldn't see that filter for the life of me. I swear I spent 5 minutes reading and re-reading that list without seeing it.

[Indy]

interesting to see that Reggie didn't get out of the first round that year, and Shaq was swept by the Jazz in the Western Finals (so he kept that average up for 3 series!).

[Shabazz]

I read that the combination of PPG and eFG that he's putting up in this series has never been done in any playoff series ever.

[Indy]

I read that the combination of PPG and eFG that he's putting up in this series has never been done in any playoff series ever.

Yeah, the closest are Wade and LeBron, but Kwahi is the only guy to put up +30 and +65% eFG ever.

[Cap]

Top performances by WS/48, min 200 MP:

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                                             Crit                                                                    Tota                          Shoo
Rk           Player  Season Age  Tm  Lg  MP WS/48  G GS  FG FGA  2P 2PA 3P 3PA  FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS  FG%  2P%  3P% eFG%  FT%  TS%
1      LeBron James 2008-09  24 CLE NBA 580  .399 14 14 159 312 132 231 27  81 149 199  19 109 128 102  23  12  38 30 494 .510 .571 .333 .553 .749 .618
2    Michael Jordan 1990-91  27 CHI NBA 689  .333 17 17 197 376 187 350 10  26 125 148  18  90 108 142  40  23  43 53 529 .524 .534 .385 .537 .845 .600
3     Kawhi Leonard 2018-19  27 TOR NBA 330  .321  9  9 105 179  78 125 27  54  54  63  18  51  69  31   9   4  29 20 291 .587 .624 .500 .662 .857 .704
4     Kawhi Leonard 2016-17  25 SAS NBA 429  .314 12 12 106 202  81 147 25  55  95 102  19  74  93  55  20   6  26 21 332 .525 .551 .455 .587 .931 .672
5    Chris Andersen 2012-13  34 MIA NBA 303  .309 20  0  46  57  46  57  0   0  36  49  32  44  76   3   9  22  11 53 128 .807      .807 .807 .735 .815
6    Michael Jordan 1995-96  32 CHI NBA 733  .306 18 18 187 407 162 345 25  62 153 187  31  58  89  74  33   6  42 49 552 .459 .470 .403 .490 .818 .564
7       Paul Pierce 2004-05  27 BOS NBA 277  .301  7  7  47  93  40  66  7  27  59  68   7  47  54  32  13  10  19 18 160 .505 .606 .259 .543 .868 .651
8     Dirk Nowitzki 2009-10  31 DAL NBA 233  .291  6  6  58 106  54  99  4   7  40  42   7  42  49  18   5   4  10 15 160 .547 .545 .571 .566 .952 .643
9        Chris Paul 2007-08  22 NOH NBA 486  .289 12 12 111 221 106 200  5  21  62  79  16  43  59 135  28   2  22 43 289 .502 .530 .238 .514 .785 .565
10    Dirk Nowitzki 2003-04  25 DAL NBA 212  .287  5  5  45 100  38  85  7  15  36  42  13  46  59   7   7  13   6 16 133 .450 .447 .467 .485 .857 .561

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Generated 5/6/2019.

Birdman?

[O_Gardino]

Top performances by WS/48, min 200 MP:

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                                             Crit                                                                    Tota                          Shoo
Rk           Player  Season Age  Tm  Lg  MP WS/48  G GS  FG FGA  2P 2PA 3P 3PA  FT FTA ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS  FG%  2P%  3P% eFG%  FT%  TS%
1      LeBron James 2008-09  24 CLE NBA 580  .399 14 14 159 312 132 231 27  81 149 199  19 109 128 102  23  12  38 30 494 .510 .571 .333 .553 .749 .618
2    Michael Jordan 1990-91  27 CHI NBA 689  .333 17 17 197 376 187 350 10  26 125 148  18  90 108 142  40  23  43 53 529 .524 .534 .385 .537 .845 .600
3     Kawhi Leonard 2018-19  27 TOR NBA 330  .321  9  9 105 179  78 125 27  54  54  63  18  51  69  31   9   4  29 20 291 .587 .624 .500 .662 .857 .704
4     Kawhi Leonard 2016-17  25 SAS NBA 429  .314 12 12 106 202  81 147 25  55  95 102  19  74  93  55  20   6  26 21 332 .525 .551 .455 .587 .931 .672
5    Chris Andersen 2012-13  34 MIA NBA 303  .309 20  0  46  57  46  57  0   0  36  49  32  44  76   3   9  22  11 53 128 .807      .807 .807 .735 .815
6    Michael Jordan 1995-96  32 CHI NBA 733  .306 18 18 187 407 162 345 25  62 153 187  31  58  89  74  33   6  42 49 552 .459 .470 .403 .490 .818 .564
7       Paul Pierce 2004-05  27 BOS NBA 277  .301  7  7  47  93  40  66  7  27  59  68   7  47  54  32  13  10  19 18 160 .505 .606 .259 .543 .868 .651
8     Dirk Nowitzki 2009-10  31 DAL NBA 233  .291  6  6  58 106  54  99  4   7  40  42   7  42  49  18   5   4  10 15 160 .547 .545 .571 .566 .952 .643
9        Chris Paul 2007-08  22 NOH NBA 486  .289 12 12 111 221 106 200  5  21  62  79  16  43  59 135  28   2  22 43 289 .502 .530 .238 .514 .785 .565
10    Dirk Nowitzki 2003-04  25 DAL NBA 212  .287  5  5  45 100  38  85  7  15  36  42  13  46  59   7   7  13   6 16 133 .450 .447 .467 .485 .857 .561

Provided by Basketball-Reference.com: View Original Table
Generated 5/6/2019.

Birdman?

You don't get a nickname like Birdman without being an all time great.

IMO, WS is a flawed stat in that it values FG% and rebounds too much.

[Split T]

Ya it can be broken a bit...it’s how Rudy Gobert was 2nd in WS this year. He’s crazy efficient as a shooter, because he only attempts dunks.

[Indy]

And WS/48 can benefit those guys like Birdman that only played 15 minutes a game those playoffs.

[Cap]

And WS/48 can benefit those guys like Birdman that only played 15 minutes a game those playoffs.

Unfortunately, b-r doesn’t offer WS/G as an option.

[Indy]

And WS/48 can benefit those guys like Birdman that only played 15 minutes a game those playoffs.

Unfortunately, b-r doesn’t offer WS/G as an option.

OK, you guilted me into it. Of the guys with at least 2.0 WS in a playoffs, here are the top 25 in WS/Game

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Player	        Season	WS/G	WS	G
LeBron James	2008-09	0.3429	4.8	14
Michael Jordan	1990-91	0.2824	4.8	17
Michael Jordan	1995-96	0.2611	4.7	18
LeBron James	2011-12	0.2522	5.8	23
Michael Jordan	1989-90	0.2500	4	16
Tim Duncan	2002-03	0.2458	5.9	24
Kawhi Leonard	2018-19	0.2444	2.2	9
Chris Paul	2007-08	0.2417	2.9	12
LeBron James	2016-17	0.2389	4.3	18
Kobe Bryant	2000-01	0.2375	3.8	16
LeBron James	2017-18	0.2364	5.2	22
Michael Jordan	1988-89	0.2353	4	17
Dirk Nowitzki	2005-06	0.2348	5.4	23
Larry Bird	1985-86	0.2333	4.2	18
Kawhi Leonard	2016-17	0.2333	2.8	12
Michael Jordan	1992-93	0.2316	4.4	19
Shaq O'Neal	2000-01	0.2313	3.7	16
Michael Jordan	1997-98	0.2286	4.8	21
Nikola Jokic	2018-19	0.2273	2.5	11
LeBron James	2012-13	0.2261	5.2	23
LeBron James	2015-16	0.2238	4.7	21
Abdul-Jabbar 	1979-80	0.2200	3.3	15
Tim Duncan	1998-99	0.2176	3.7	17
Moses Malone	1982-83	0.2154	2.8	13
LeBron James	2013-14	0.2150	4.3	20

Of the top 25 WS/G ever:
LeBron=7
Jordan=6
Timmy=2
Kawhi=2
nobody else with more than 1

[specialsauce]

Rockets just tied the series up. Another great rivalry between these two us brewing. So much for Warriors in 5 heh

[Split T]

The warriors finally came alive there in the 4th...they need to play with that fire/urgency or I think the rockets win this series.

[Ring_Wanted]

The warriors finally came alive there in the 4th...they need to play with that fire/urgency or I think the rockets win this series.

I wish GSW lost, but I don't have any hopes for HOU, though. Something will happen that will bail out GSW. Refs, injuries, choking, some miracle shot, whatever. This has all the same vibes than our battles against SAS.

[O_Gardino]

Last night looked to me like Houston playing with an emotional desperation that they won't be able to maintain.

I won't harp on this a ton, but watching Clint Capela sit over half the game (you can't beat a good perimeter team playing a true center) just reminds me of how much I hate that we picked Ayton. Dude would be a huge liability in the playoffs.

[Hermen]

Last night looked to me like Houston playing with an emotional desperation that they won't be able to maintain.

I won't harp on this a ton, but watching Clint Capela sit over half the game (you can't beat a good perimeter team playing a true center) just reminds me of how much I hate that we picked Ayton. Dude would be a huge liability in the playoffs.

Maybe watching Embiid can help.