Stat du Jour: Net Gains

[lethalweapon3]

The Hawks' primary lineups are accentuating the positive. Of course, the Raptors' D helps, but still...

Two of their 5-man matchups are presently among the Top 5 plus/minus combinations in The League. And the recent blowout victories have them gunnin' for that numba-one spot from Rajon and the Three Amigos.

NBA Top Plus-Minus 5-Player Combos:

1. Rondo-Jesus-Truth-KG-Perk (Celts) +147

(time on the floor 468:21) (+0.313/Minute)

2. Bibby-Crawsome-Joe-Smoove-Hofo (HAWX) +104

(time 126:25) (+0.822/Minute)

3. JKidd-JET-Matrix-Dirk-Damp (Mavs) +96

(time 113:44) (+0.843/Minute)

4. Fish-Kobe-RonRon-Pau-Bynum (LakeShow) +79

(time 163:40) (+0.482/Minute)

5. Bibby-Joe-Marv-Smoove-Hofo (HAWX) +60

(time 321:30) (+0.186/Minute)

6. Jameer-JJRedick-Barnes-Anderson-Dwight (Magic) +59

(time 52:30) (+1.123/Minute)

7. Nash-JRich-OverTheHill-Amare-Frye (Suns) +56

(time 397:05) (+0.141/Minute)

other notables:

(tie) 15. Lowry-RZA-Budinger-DavidAndersen-Landry (Rockets) +36

(tie) 15. WhiteChoc-HalfMan-Pietrus-Rashad-Dwight (Magic) +36

(tie) 17. House-Jesus-Marquis-Shelden-Sheed (Celts) +35

(tie) 23. Boobie-Delonte-LeBron-SideshowBob-Z (Cavs) +29

25. Boobie-AParker-LeBron-SideshowBob-Z (Cavs) +28

Dominican Domination: Horford leads all centers and is 4th in the NBA overall in Plus-Minus (+214)

Josh Smith is 7th (+201), Bibby is currently tied with Rondo for 8th (+192), and Joe Johnson is 14th, just ahead of KG, Paul Pierce, and LeBron.

Three is the Magic Number: Combinations of the above four players rank 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th among the NBA's top five 3-Player Combos.

1. Joe-Smoove-Hofo (+205)

(tie) 2. Bibby-Joe-Hofo (+182)

(tie) 2. Bibby-Joe-Smoove (+182)

4. Bibby-Smoove-Hofo (+182)

5. Fish-Kobe-RonRon (+175)

Dynamic Duos: Pairings of the above four players rank 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 9th among the Association's top ten 2-Player Combos.

1. Kobe-RonRon (+248)

(tie) 2. Dirk-JET (+209)

(tie) 2. Smoove-Hofo (+209)

4. Joe-Hofo (+204)

5. Bibby-Hofo (+202)

6. Joe-Smoove (+188)

7. Bibby-Smoove (+185)

8. Fisher-RonRon (+184)

9. Bibby-Joe (+182)

10. Rondo-Truth (+180)

Fantastic Fours: No surprise but the above four players are 1st overall among the top 4-Player Combos (+175). After permutations of Celtics ranked 2nd-6th, the 7th best in the NBA is Crawsome-Joe-Josh-Hofo (+130), and 9th best is Bibby-Craw-Joe-Hofo (+116).

Getting any net-positive contributions from the rest of the bench (Teague, Mo, Zaza), as was the case last night, goes a long way toward winning big for the rest of the season.

~lw3

Edited December 12, 2009 by lethalweapon3