November 30, 2009

• <Observations on NBA>

  Below are the current season statistics for one of my favourite teams – Phoenix Suns :

  Game Statistics					Rebounds			Miscellaneous
  NAME	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	OFF	DEF	TOT	AST	STL	BLK	TO	A/TO	PF	TECH
  Amare Stoudemire	16	16	34.1	19.9	2.0	4.9	6.9	1.1	0.63	1.19	2.9	0.37	3.6	0.1
  Jason Richardson	14	14	31.4	17.4	0.9	3.8	4.7	1.7	0.86	0.29	0.7	2.40	2.3	0.1
  Steve Nash	16	16	32.3	16.2	0.5	2.1	2.6	11.8	0.31	0.19	3.8	3.15	1.2	0.0
  Channing Frye	16	16	29.2	12.7	0.6	5.0	5.6	1.4	0.94	1.00	0.9	1.53	3.4	0.1
  Grant Hill	16	16	29.5	12.3	1.6	5.4	6.9	2.1	0.50	0.31	1.4	1.43	1.6	0.0
  Leandro Barbosa	13	2	21.8	11.2	0.2	1.5	1.8	2.1	0.69	0.15	1.1	1.93	2.0	0.0
  Jared Dudley	16	0	22.7	9.3	1.5	2.2	3.7	1.4	1.13	0.25	0.9	1.57	1.9	0.0
  Robin Lopez	1	0	15.0	8.0	2.0	5.0	7.0	0.0	1.00	2.00	2.0	0.00	4.0	0.0
  Goran Dragic	16	0	15.6	6.8	0.6	1.9	2.5	2.9	0.44	0.13	1.6	1.77	1.6	0.0
  Louis Amundson	16	0	15.6	5.3	1.9	2.7	4.6	0.4	0.13	1.00	1.0	0.38	2.0	0.0
  Earl Clark	12	0	10.1	3.8	0.7	1.3	1.9	0.4	0.25	0.42	0.8	0.56	0.6	0.0
  Alando Tucker	6	0	5.2	3.0	0.2	0.3	0.5	0.5	0.00	0.00	0.2	3.00	0.0	0.0
  Taylor Griffin	1	0	8.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.00	0.00	1.0	0.00	1.0	0.0
  Jarron Collins	10	0	7.6	1.2	0.5	1.6	2.1	0.1	0.00	0.30	0.3	0.33	1.1	0.0
  Totals	16	—	—	111.9	10.8	31.1	41.9	24.8	5.63	5.06	15.6	1.59	20.3	1.0
  Opponents	16	—	—	105.2	13.3	28.9	42.2	21.8	7.75	3.75	13.8	1.58	21.8	1.3

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  I really love the hyper-offensive-oriented mode of Suns, under the lead of Steve Nash. When Mike Antonio (current Knicks Head Coach) was still in Suns, it was the better offensive team I ever saw in NBA.

  Anyway, these statistics remind me there were no teams with 6 players scoring over 10 pts in one season for so many years.

  Not even the 1995 Orlando Magic :

  Name	G	Min	Pts	PPG	FGM	FGA	FGP	FTM	FTA	FTP	3PM	3PA	3PP	REB	RPG	AST	APG	STL	BLK	TO
  Shaquille O’neal	54	1946	1434	26.6	592	1033	.573	249	511	.487	1	2	.500	596	11.0	155	2.9	34	115	155
  Anfernee Hardaway	82	3015	1780	21.7	623	1215	.513	445	580	.767	89	283	.314	354	4.3	582	7.1	166	41	229
  Dennis Scott	82	3041	1431	17.5	491	1117	.440	182	222	.820	267	628	.425	309	3.8	243	3.0	90	29	122
  Nick Anderson	77	2717	1134	14.7	400	904	.442	166	240	.692	168	430	.391	415	5.4	279	3.6	121	46	141
  Horace Grant	63	2286	847	13.4	347	677	.513	152	207	.734	1	6	.167	580	9.2	170	2.7	62	74	64
  Brian Shaw	75	1679	496	6.6	182	486	.374	91	114	.798	41	144	.285	224	3.0	336	4.5	58	11	173
  Donald Royal	64	963	337	5.3	106	216	.491	125	164	.762	0	2	.000	153	2.4	42	0.7	29	15	52

  But I think this year’s Suns is not better than the 2004 Mavs (The first year after Nash left Mavs)

  Name	G	Min	Pts	PPG	FGM	FGA	FGP	FTM	FTA	FTP	3PM	3PA	3PP	REB	RPG	AST	APG	STL	BLK	TO
  Dirk Nowitzki	78	3020	2032	26.1	663	1445	.459	615	708	.869	91	228	.399	757	9.7	240	3.1	97	119	176
  Michael Finley	64	2358	1003	15.7	387	907	.427	113	136	.831	116	285	.407	262	4.1	169	2.6	48	18	60
  Jerry Stackhouse	56	1617	833	14.9	274	662	.414	253	298	.849	32	120	.267	183	3.3	127	2.3	53	10	106
  Josh Howard	76	2446	958	12.6	377	793	.475	170	232	.733	34	115	.296	484	6.4	109	1.4	116	49	122
  Jason Terry	80	2401	993	12.4	372	743	.501	146	173	.844	103	245	.420	188	2.4	429	5.4	109	15	147
  Keith Vanhorn	29	684	354	12.2	129	279	.462	72	92	.783	24	64	.375	129	4.4	34	1.2	15	10	34
  Erick Dampier	59	1609	542	9.2	202	367	.550	138	228	.605	0	3	.000	501	8.5	51	0.9	15	80	102

  And the 2004 Suns were much better as well

  Name	G	Min	Pts	PPG	FGM	FGA	FGP	FTM	FTA	FTP	3PM	3PA	3PP	REB	RPG	AST	APG	STL	BLK	TO
  Amare Stoudemire	80	2889	2080	26.0	747	1336	.559	583	795	.733	3	16	.188	713	8.9	131	1.6	77	130	189
  Shawn Marion	81	3146	1569	19.4	613	1289	.476	229	275	.833	114	341	.334	915	11.3	154	1.9	163	119	125
  Joe Johnson	82	3240	1400	17.1	544	1179	.461	135	180	.750	177	370	.478	422	5.1	291	3.5	79	24	148
  Steve Nash	75	2573	1165	15.5	430	857	.502	211	238	.887	94	218	.431	249	3.3	861	11.5	74	6	245
  Quentin Richardson	79	2839	1176	14.9	407	1045	.389	136	184	.739	226	631	.358	479	6.1	158	2.0	96	27	102
  Jim Jackson	40	997	352	8.8	130	299	.435	24	25	.960	68	148	.459	154	3.9	97	2.4	12	4	59
  Leandrinho Barbosa	63	1087	442	7.0	168	354	.475	55	69	.797	51	139	.367	130	2.1	126	2.0	30	7	87
  Casey Jacobsen	40	768	212	5.3	65	157	.414	48	62	.774	34	89	.382	67	1.7	37	0.9	11	1	27
  Steven Hunter	76	1046	348	4.6	135	220	.614	78	163	.479	0	1	.000	227	3.0	13	0.2	4	102	44

  For your information, I believe there was a team with 7 players over 10 ppts per game. The team is led by someone call Magic Johnson in 1987 aka “the Showtime“

  Name	G	Min	Pts	PPG	FGM	FGA	FGP	FTM	FTA	FTP	3PM	3PA	3PP	REB	RPG	AST	APG	STL	BLK	TO
  Magic Johnson	80	2904	1909	23.9	683	1308	.522	535	631	.848	8	39	.205	504	6.3	977	12.2	138	36	300
  James Worthy	82	2819	1594	19.4	651	1207	.539	292	389	.751	0	13	.000	466	5.7	226	2.8	108	83	168
  Kareem Abdul-jabbar	78	2441	1366	17.5	560	993	.564	245	343	.714	1	3	.333	523	6.7	203	2.6	49	97	186
  Byron Scott	82	2729	1397	17.0	554	1134	.489	224	251	.892	65	149	.436	286	3.5	281	3.4	125	18	144
  A.c. Green	79	2240	852	10.8	316	587	.538	220	282	.780	0	5	.000	615	7.8	84	1.1	70	80	102
  Michael Cooper	82	2253	859	10.5	322	736	.438	126	148	.851	89	231	.385	254	3.1	373	4.5	78	43	102
  Mychal Thompson	33	680	333	10.1	129	269	.480	75	101	.743	0	1	.000	136	4.1	28	0.8	14	30	57

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