The 2008-2009 NBA regular season schedule has reached the 1/4 pole, as all 30 teams have played at least 20 games. Given the history of this league and …
What it takes to win the NBA Championship
… it is helpful to evaluate where they rank against one another at this juncture.
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QUALITY RATING & QUALITY INDEX RANKING NBA 2008-2009 |
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Team |
W/L |
Win% |
PDR |
PAR |
RDR |
QR |
QIR |
EC |
WC |
|
Cavaliers |
20/4 |
.833 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
Celtics |
23/2 |
.920 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
|
|
Hornets |
13/7 |
.650 |
6 |
3 |
10 |
19 |
3 |
|
4 |
|
Blazers |
15/10 |
.600 |
10 |
9 |
1 |
20 |
T-4 |
|
7 |
|
Rockets |
15/9 |
.625 |
8 |
5 |
7 |
20 |
T-4 |
|
5 |
|
Lakers |
20/3 |
.870 |
2 |
14 |
6 |
22 |
6 |
|
1 |
|
Spurs |
15/8 |
.652 |
7 |
6 |
11 |
24 |
7 |
|
3 |
|
76ers |
10/14 |
.417 |
16 |
8 |
4 |
28 |
|
11 |
|
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Jazz |
15/11 |
.577 |
9 |
11 |
9 |
29 |
8 |
|
8 |
|
Mavericks |
13/10 |
.625 |
11 |
16 |
7 |
34 |
|
|
9 |
|
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Nuggets |
17/7 |
.708 |
4 |
15 |
16 |
35 |
9 |
|
2 |
|
Hawks |
15/9 |
.625 |
12 |
7 |
17 |
36 |
10 |
4 |
|
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Magic |
19/6 |
.760 |
5 |
10 |
24 |
39 |
11 |
3 |
|
|
Bucks |
11/15 |
.423 |
18 |
17 |
5 |
40 |
|
10 |
|
|
Pistons |
13/9 |
.591 |
14 |
12 |
22 |
48 |
12 |
5 |
|
|
Suns |
15/10 |
.600 |
13 |
22 |
14 |
49 |
13 |
|
6 |
|
Bobcats |
7/18 |
.280 |
24 |
4 |
22 |
50 |
|
14 |
|
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Heat |
12/12 |
.500 |
15 |
13 |
25 |
53 |
14 |
7 |
|
|
Nets |
12/11 |
.522 |
20 |
24 |
12 |
56 |
15 |
6 |
|
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Bulls |
11/12 |
.478 |
17 |
21 |
18 |
56 |
16 |
8 |
|
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Pacers |
8/16 |
.333 |
21 |
25 |
13 |
59 |
|
13 |
|
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Grizzlies |
9/15 |
.375 |
22 |
18 |
19 |
59 |
|
|
10 |
|
Timberwolves |
4/20 |
.167 |
28 |
23 |
14 |
65 |
|
|
14 |
|
Clippers |
6/17 |
.261 |
25 |
19 |
25 |
69 |
|
|
13 |
|
Raptors |
10/14 |
.417 |
23 |
20 |
30 |
73 |
|
12 |
|
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Thunder |
2/23 |
.080 |
30 |
26 |
20 |
76 |
|
|
15 |
|
Knicks |
11/13 |
.458 |
19 |
29 |
28 |
76 |
|
9 |
|
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Kings |
7/18 |
.280 |
29 |
28 |
20 |
77 |
|
|
11 |
|
Wizards |
4/18 |
.182 |
27 |
27 |
27 |
81 |
|
15 |
|
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Warriors |
7/18 |
.261 |
26 |
30 |
29 |
85 |
|
|
12 |
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Legend: Note: |
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Take note of where your favourite team stands today … and where it will need to get to, over the course of the next five months, in order to be considered a legit contender for the 2009 NBA Championship.
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December 17, 2008 at 12:56 am |
Why did you choose to use points per game allowed instead of defensive efficiency?
December 17, 2008 at 1:18 pm |
Dave,
re: Points Allowed vs Defensive Efficiency
In short …
* I do not compute Possessions like Dean Oliver [et al.] does
* Therefore, I do not generalise to a base value of Points Scored Per 100 Possessions
* How many Points per game a team gives up is a definitive number, and [for me] an instructive measure of its collective will to control the scoring output of its opponent
* How a team chooses to “Exert Control on the Tempo of a game” and the new-age “Concept of a Pace Factor” are not the same thing, IMO
* How a team performs, i.e. production-wise … offensively & defensively … in a higher possession game is not the same as the way it performs in a lower possession game
When you compare the team rankings based on Defensive Efficiency vs Points Allowed what you’ll find is this:
Team DE Rank, PA Rank
BOS 1, 2 $
CLE 2, 1 $
LAL 3, 14 <
ORL 4, 10 <
DEN 5, 15 <
HOU 6, 5 =
PHI 7, 8 =
DAL 8, 16
ATL 11, 7 >
CHI 12, 21
LAC 14, 19
MIL 16, 17
MIA 17, 13 >
IND 18, 25
POR 21, 9 >
TOR 22, 20
NYK 23, 29 <
PHO 24, 22
MIN 25, 23
OKC 26, 26
NJN 27, 24
GSW 28, 30
SAC 29, 28
WAS 30, 27
Legend: $ – Very Good Defensive Team; > – Effective Control of their Opponent’s Scoring; = – Adequate Control of their Opponent’s Scoring; < – Ineffective Control of their Opponent’s Scoring
IMO, from a real life basketball standpoint … the teams I would NOT like to face in a playoff scenario … i.e. when the value/importance of each Possession is magnified … because of how they attempt to Control their Opponent’s Scoring Output in each game are the ones that fit into categories [i] $, [ii] > and [iii] =.
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