By the Numbers: 2015-16 Los Angeles Lakers

GoldenThroat · Moderator Joined: 25 Jul 2005 Posts: 37474

Some notes from the T-Wolves game.

Offense By Play Type, PPP, Percentage of Overall Possessions Used

PnR Ball Handler...1.00 (23.5%)
Spot Up...............1.00 (14.3%)
Isolations............0.44 (13.4%)
Transition............0.75 (13.4%)
Post Up...............0.75 (6.7%)
Putbacks.............1.17 (5.0%)
Off Screen...........0.60 (4.2%)
PnR Big...............1.25 (3.4%)
Cut.....................0.50 (3.4%)
Handoff...............2.67 (2.5%)

Defense By Play Type, PPP, Percentage of Overall Possessions Used

PnR Ball Handler...1.06 (15.7%)
Spot Up...............0.71 (13.0%)
Isolation..............0.75 (11.1%)
Transition............1.55 (10.2%)
Off Screen...........1.18 (10.2%)
Post Up...............0.90 (9.3%)
PnR Big...............1.22 (8.3%)
Cut.....................1.33 (5.6%)
Handoff...............0.80 (4.6%)
Putbacks.............2.00 (2.8%)

What these numbers tell me is that we were even worse defensively than the final score indicated. We won't have many games this year where the other team gets 0.71 PPP on Spot Ups.

Other notes...

-The Lakers made 244 passes in the game, 29th in the league.

-The Lakers had 33 drives to the basket, 8th best in the league. Minnesota only had 19, tied for worst.

-The Lakers only passed the ball on 21.2% of our drives to the basket, 23rd best in the league.

-The Lakers only had 35 potential assists (shot off of a pass) in the game, 27th in the league.

-The Lakers only had 257 front court touches in the game, 29th in the league. Here is the breakdown of those touches.

Jordan Clarkson....48
Kobe Bryant.........34
D'Angelo Russell...31
Julius Randle........28
Lou Williams........26
Marcelo Huertas...25
Nick Young..........20
Roy Hibbert.........19
Ryan Kelly...........18
Brandon Bass........8

-Minnesota shot 64.7% on their shots around the rim. Hibbert surrendered 3 makes on the 4 shots around the rim with him contesting.

44TheLogo · Star Player Joined: 21 Feb 2009 Posts: 6364

the isolation # is horrifying

pio2u · Retired Number Joined: 26 Dec 2012 Posts: 54570

The defensive numbers are very disheartening.

GoldenThroat · Moderator Joined: 25 Jul 2005 Posts: 37474

cmonkee · Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2015 5:28 pm Post subject:

Thanks GoldenThroat! Hope we see improvement in all areas throughout the season.

GoldenThroat · Moderator Joined: 25 Jul 2005 Posts: 37474

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The number of times that Jordan Clarkson passed the ball to D'Angelo Russell. That play ended with Russell passing the ball back to Clarkson for a wide open corner 3.

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bonkers · Star Player Joined: 25 Apr 2013 Posts: 6071

Kobe's USG dipped by like 2% today, down to 32.2%

A Mad Chinaman · Star Player Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Posts: 6142

Thanks for providing the disturbing numbers that surely was worst in the Kings game

The MANY trials and tribulations of the painfully process of allowing DLO to learn how to run the show has indeed begun.

Without a PG to effectively set up the offense and at least stop easy penetrations to the paint - there will be many similar nights

When will DLO figure out that he is now playing in a man's game that requires him to "Man Up" (Byron's phrase)? Mistakes are acceptable, lack of edge and energy are not

fiendishoc · Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2015 11:37 pm Post subject:

Chronicle · Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2015 12:34 am Post subject:

Any stat gurus know the number of consecutive games we have to lose before the Lakers will consider firing Byron?
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yuurin98 · Star Player Joined: 28 Aug 2015 Posts: 1164

I'm not a stat guru but the number is going to be 5.

GoldenThroat · Moderator Joined: 25 Jul 2005 Posts: 37474

I don't post this for the purpose of comparing two players, I post it for the purpose of comparing two teams that are both in the position of developing a rookie PG.

Minutes

Emmanuel Mudiay...64
D'Angelo Russell.....49

Frontcourt Touches

Emmanuel Mudiay...136
D'Angelo Russell.......65

Time of Possession

Emmanuel Mudiay...13:48
D'Angelo Russell...... 5:48

Usage Rate

Emmanuel Mudiay....31.4%
D'Angelo Russell......17.7%

fiendishoc · Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2015 8:06 am Post subject:

^Yet their PER's are identical through 2 games.

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29th in defensive efficiency
25th in assist ratio
opposition points per game 122
opposition fg percentage .489
3 point fg .290

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fiendishoc · Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2015 7:23 pm Post subject:

GoldenThroat · Moderator Joined: 25 Jul 2005 Posts: 37474

This where the Lakers rank in Play Type frequency, according to nba.com. One important thing to note is that this measures how plays are used. For example, if Clarkson & Hibbert run a pick & roll and Clarkson hits Kobe for a spot up 3-pointer, it's counted as a spot up attempt, even though the Lakers ran a PnR. I'm looking for a place to get more raw Play Type stats, but I haven't found it yet. With that said...

Pick & Roll Ball Handler...22.4% (4th)
Transition.....................15.5% (10th)
Spot Up........................13.4% (29th)
Isolation.......................11.7% (T-2nd)
Post Up..........................5.4% (T-25th)
Pick & Roll Big Man..........5.0% (T-22nd)
Hand Offs.......................4.6% (13th)
Putbacks........................4.6% (18th)
Off Screens.....................4.2% (T-18th)
Cuts..............................3.8% (T-29th)

Three things stand out to me.

1) How many shots the ball handler gets out of the PnR. This is normally a pretty inefficient shot across the league (0.82 PPP is league average), but we're decent at it (0.94 PPP). The main reason for that is Jordan Clarkson, who has the most possessions used as the PnR ball handler, and has a blistering PPP of 1.36 out of it, ranking him 3rd in the NBA in these scenarios so far, behind Steph Curry & CJ McCollum.

2) How few of our 3 point attempts are spot up attempts. Despite the fact that we're leading the league in 3-point attempts by a healthy margin (34.5 per game...next closest is at 29.5), we're second to last in the league in spot up shooting frequency. That is pretty incredible from a statistical standpoint. This speaks to the volume to 3 pointers that are being put up in isolation and off of the dribble. These are bad shots.

3) No surprise that we're tied for last place in the league in cut frequency. This speaks to the lack of player movement that we have, and almost all of it is directed toward the perimeter when we do.

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DancingBarry · Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2015 2:06 pm Post subject:

Here's the kicker on the iso's... tied for second with most usage, but dead last in scoring frequency out of those. Also second to last place on eFG% on iso's.

On the other side of the floor, last place in Opponent Turnover Ratio. By a good margin. So at least we aren't defending well, either.

bonkers · Star Player Joined: 25 Apr 2013 Posts: 6071

We're 30th in OPPG, 23rd in Rebounds, 26th in assists.

Taking a deeper look, we're 30th in DRTG, 25th in OP eFG%, 30th in points off turnovers, 24th in points in the paint, 27th in OP points off turnovers, 28th in OP second chance points, 26th in OP fastbreak points, 30th in OP points in the paint.