The Warriors By the Numbers

The Warriors have officially passed the 10% mark of the NBA season and are living up to the offseason hype.  A tough early schedule has seen the Warriors play five of the first nine on the road, face five previous playoff teams, four with over 50 wins.  Here’s a glance at the Warriors by the numbers through the early part of the season

Team:

6-3                 3^rd best record in the Western conference

106.6            Points per 100 possessions (O Rtg)* 7^th best in NBA

99.5               Points allowed per 100 possessions (D Rtng)* 5^th best in NBA

98.7               Possessions per game, 4^th most in nba

45.5%            3-point %, highest in NBA

29.2%            Opponent 3-point %, 2^nd lowest in NBA

56.1%            Effective field goal percentage (eFG%)*, 2^nd in NBA

45.8%            Opponent effective field goal percentage (eFG%), 3^rd lowest in NBA

8.87                Simple Rating System (SRS)*, 2^nd best in NBA

72.8%            Defensive Rebounding Percentage (DRB)*, 20^th best in NBA

.182                 Free throw attempts per field goal attempt (FT/FTA)*, 23^rd in NBA

226                   Number of team assists, 4^th in NBA

Individual:

44.2%            Stephen Curry’s assist percentage (ast%)*, 3^rd in NBA

70.6%            Andre Iguodala’s eFG%*, best in NBA

8.5                  Curry’s assists per game, 5^th best in NBA

28                   Curry’s made 3-pointers, 2^nd in NBA

30                   Klay Thompson’s made 3 points, most in NBA

61                    Curry’s 3-pointers attempts, 2^nd in NBA

60                    Thompson’s 3-pointers attempts, 3^rd in NBA

6.1                    Iguodala assists per game, 2^nd most of non-point guards in NBA

12.6                  Curry pull-up jumper points per game, most in NBA

9.8                    Thompson catch and shoot points per game, most in NBA

74.6                  Thompson eFG%* in catch and shoots

45%                  Opponent’s FG% v. Andrew Bogut at the rim

3                         Number of Warriors’ True Shooting Percentage (TS%) is above 60%

Glossary:

ORtg:Offensive Rating– points scored averaged over 100 percentages to normalize pace.

D Rtg: Defensive Rating– points allowed averaged over 100 percentages to normalize pace.

eFG%: Effective Field Goal Percentage– Adjusted field goal percentage to factor in the added value of 3 pointers (eFG% = (FGM + (0.5 x 3PTM)) / FGA)

SRS: Simple Rating System– A rating system that factors in both margin of victory and strength of schedule.

TS%: True Shooting Percentage– A Percentage which factors in 3-pointers and free throws into field goal % to adjust

DRB:Defensive Rebound Rat– Percentage of defensive rebounds attained per opportunities.

FT/FGA: Free Throws over Field Goals Attempted- A Percent of times a team goes to the free throw line per game.

AST%: Assist Percentage– Percentage of field goal’s a player assists while he’s on the floor

Observations:

–Defense: The Warriors have an elite defense through the early part of the season.  High point totals may mask that, but it’s only because they place such a high tempo game with more possessions, as opposed to the grind it out defensive teams

–Elite Shooting: No team shoots from distance like the Warriors.

–Efficient scoring: The combination of 3-point accuracy, and David Lee, Iguodala and others finishing around the rim, makes the Warriors highly efficient offense

–Poor Rebounding: The Warriors are not rebounding at the same clip they did last year.  This needs to pick up

–Low Free Throws:  The Warriors still don’t get to the charity stripe enough

–Passing: The Warriors are one of the most unselfish teams as shown by high assist totals.

Credit:

www.Basketball-Reference.com

www.nba.com/stats/