1/2 Way There, pt. ii

The goods are below the fold.

As we mentioned in the last post, the Wolves' main source of (relative) success over the last 20 games was the improvement at the power forward position.  This can be traced to a single player:

Player Floor Time Stats by Position

Position	Min	Net Pts	Off	Def	Net48	W	L	Win%
PG
SG
SF
PF	34%	-23	101.7	103.4	-1.7	10	11	47%
C	1%	+2	126.8	119.5	7.3	3	2	60%

Min represents the percentage of the team's total minutes the player was at that position. W and L are not adjusted in this instance by quality of opponent while at that position in a game. Player 48-Minute Production by Position

Position	FGA	eFG%	FTA	iFG	Reb	Ast	T/O	Blk	PF	Pts	PER*
PG
SG
SF
PF	17.1	0.494	8.2	54%	18.5	4.2	2.7	0.7	3.9	23.7	25.9
C	19.5	0.500	4.9	50%	31.7	2.4	0.0	2.4	7.3	21.9	28.0

Opponent Counterpart 48-Minute Production

Position	FGA	eFG%	FTA	iFG	Reb	Ast	T/O	Blk	PF	Pts	PER*
PG
SG
SF
PF	17.9	0.515	4.0	38%	13.6	2.8	2.2	2.2	6.5	21.1	18.8
C	14.6	0.667	0.0	66%	9.8	0.0	7.3	4.9	12.2	19.5	7.7

Net 48-Minute Production by Position

Position	FGA	eFG%	FTA	iFG	Reb	Ast	T/O	Blk	PF	Pts	PER*
PG
SG
SF
PF	-0.7	-0.021	+4.2	+16%	+4.9	+1.3	-0.4	-1.5	+2.6	+2.6	+7.1
C	+4.9	-0.167	+4.9	-16%	+21.9	+2.4	+7.3	-2.4	+4.9	+2.4	+20.3

Love isn't the greatest defender in the world but his offensive efficiency is so out-of-this-world good for a 21 year old big with less than 60 games started that it more than makes up for any deficiencies on the defensive end of the court. 

Here are the floor time stats after the first 20 games:

Individual Player Floor Time statistics

Player	Min	+/-	Off	Def	Net48	W	L	Win%
Hart	0%	+5	0.82	0.40	+48.3	1	0	100
Love	2%	+5	1.06	0.92	+10.0	1	0	100
Pecherov	29%	-32	1.01	1.07	-5.7	8	10	44.4
Cardinal	14%	-34	0.95	1.05	-12.0	3	9	25.0
Ellington	29%	-56	0.96	1.07	-9.9	5	12	29.4
Jawai	21%	-66	0.95	1.13	-16.3	4	11	26.7
Pavlovic	31%	-87	0.95	1.09	-14.5	7	10	41.2
Sessions	48%	-92	0.95	1.06	-10.0	5	10	33.3
Wilkins	30%	-110	0.95	1.15	-19.0	4	14	22.2
Gomes	62%	-118	0.99	1.10	-9.9	6	13	31.6
Hollins	43%	-138	0.91	1.09	-16.7	2	17	10.5
Brewer	63%	-149	0.98	1.11	-12.4	7	12	36.8
Jefferson	60%	-149	0.99	1.12	-12.9	4	12	25.0
Flynn	60%	-179	0.99	1.15	-15.6	4	15	21.1

 

And after 41:

Individual Player Floor Time statistics

Player	Min	+/-	Off	Def	Net48	W	L	Win%
Hart	0%	+5	0.82	0.40	+48.3	1	0	100
Love	35%	-20	1.05	1.07	-1.4	10	11	47.6
Pecherov	18%	-35	1.00	1.06	-4.8	12	15	44.4
Cardinal	8%	-47	0.95	1.07	-14.2	4	13	23.5
Jawai	17%	-49	1.00	1.08	-7.1	11	17	39.3
Ellington	34%	-102	1.00	1.08	-7.5	11	26	29.7
Gomes	48%	-139	1.01	1.09	-7.4	12	21	36.4
Pavlovic	26%	-152	0.97	1.11	-14.5	9	26	25.7
Sessions	44%	-164	0.99	1.09	-9.5	12	23	34.3
Wilkins	42%	-178	1.02	1.12	-10.8	10	27	27.0
Brewer	63%	-231	1.01	1.11	-9.3	14	25	35.9
Hollins	32%	-237	0.94	1.13	-18.6	5	30	14.3
Flynn	60%	-263	1.01	1.13	-11.1	9	30	23.1
Jefferson	66%	-263	1.01	1.12	-10.2	10	26	27.8

 

Again, Kevin Love is so far and away the best player on this team right now it's really not even a contest.  Here's hoping that Al Jefferson can get back to full speed as soon as possible. 

Here are a few more misc stats:

Top Five-Man Floor Units

#	Unit	Min	Off	Def	+/-	W	L	Win%
1	Flynn-Brewer-Wilkins-Love-Jefferson	226.9	1.05	1.06	-11	7	9	43.7
2	Flynn-Brewer-Gomes-Jefferson-Hollins	111.9	0.89	1.19	-65	1	11	8.3
3	Flynn-Brewer-Wilkins-Gomes-Jefferson	107.6	0.97	1.11	-26	3	6	33.3
4	Flynn-Brewer-Gomes-Jefferson-Pecherov	82.8	1.07	1.11	-8	2	6	25.0
5	Flynn-Brewer-Gomes-Love-Jefferson	49.9	1.04	0.97	+6	6	3	66.6
6	Sessions-Brewer-Wilkins-Love-Jefferson	43.1	1.26	1.07	+18	5	6	45.4
7	Flynn-Brewer-Gomes-Hollins-Jawai	37.6	1.07	0.91	+13	6	1	85.7
8	Sessions-Ellington-Gomes-Love-Jefferson	28.1	1.27	0.97	+21	6	0	100
9	Flynn-Brewer-Wilkins-Jefferson-Hollins	26.7	0.93	1.44	-30	4	10	28.5
10	Sessions-Ellington-Pavlovic-Love-Jefferson	26.2	0.88	1.31	-23	2	7	22.2

Top Five-Man Floor Units, Details

#	Unit	eFG	eFGA	FTA	Close	dClose	Reb	T/O
1	Flynn-Brewer-Wilkins-Love-Jefferson	.464	.445	-4	34%	38%	50.0%	-1%
2	Flynn-Brewer-Gomes-Jefferson-Hollins	.430	.530	+4	31%	34%	45.0%	-3%
3	Flynn-Brewer-Wilkins-Gomes-Jefferson	.428	.497	+4	32%	28%	53.0%	+2%
4	Flynn-Brewer-Gomes-Jefferson-Pecherov	.489	.500	+6	23%	36%	47.0%	0%
5	Flynn-Brewer-Gomes-Love-Jefferson	.433	.418	+16	38%	32%	53.5%	+1%
6	Sessions-Brewer-Wilkins-Love-Jefferson	.535	.515	+21	39%	31%	59.0%	+3%
7	Flynn-Brewer-Gomes-Hollins-Jawai	.556	.410	-10	30%	28%	43.0%	+4%
8	Sessions-Ellington-Gomes-Love-Jefferson	.519	.463	+6	46%	15%	67.0%	+3%
9	Flynn-Brewer-Wilkins-Jefferson-Hollins	.383	.617	-9	34%	45%	38.5%	-3%
10	Sessions-Ellington-Pavlovic-Love-Jefferson	.415	.535	-7	32%	26%	55.0%	-16%

Team Statistics

Type	Pts	Poss	pPts	FG%	eFG%	FTA	FT	oReb	dReb	T/O
Offense

96.1  96   100   0.441  0.463  23.6  74%  30 %  71 %  16 % 

Defense

105.7  96   110   0.471  0.517  24.5  76%  28 %  69 %  15 % 

 

Team Won-Lost Profiles

Opp. Rank		Good					Average					Poor
Stat		W	L	W%	Net		W	L	W%	Net		W	L	W%	Net
Points For		2	14	13%	-11.7		4	9	31%	-4.5		2	8	20%	-12.9
Points Agn		2	10	17%	-12.3		2	10	17%	-9.6		4	11	27%	-7.5
Net Points		3	15	17%	-12.4		1	9	10%	-8.8		4	7	36%	-5.7
Off eFG%		2	12	14%	-12.4		2	16	11%	-10.4		4	3	57%	-2.1
Def eFG%		1	12	8%	-10.8		4	11	27%	-10.7		3	8	27%	-6.6
FTA Net		1	13	7%	-13.6		0	12	0%	-11.4		7	6	54%	-3.6
Rebounds		3	10	23%	-9.8		1	6	14%	-12.0		4	15	21%	-8.6
Turnovers		1	12	8%	-12.2		6	4	60%	0.0		1	15	6%	-13.5
Assists		4	17	19%	-10.6		1	7	13%	-10.8		3	7	30%	-6.6
Blocks		0	9	0%	-12.9		4	12	25%	-9.7		4	10	29%	-7.4
Pace		4	10	29%	-8.6		4	12	25%	-5.5		0	9	0%	-18.4

OK, that about does it for the raw data post.  I'm going to follow this up with a post about Flynn v. Sessions and another one that ties up some of the loose ends with all of this data.  Right now, I'm running out of room for this post and there's not enough space to do what I need to do. 

Until later.