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Every 5 games I'm going to update the most important statistics team to try to identify trends on the behavior of our Nuggets... upgrades/downgrades of performances compared to the previous and current season.

Season 2010-2011:

Pre-Melo trade (32W-25L, 29Home-28Road)
FG 47%, 3P 39%, FT 78%, 41 reb (9 off), 21.2 ast, 6.9 stl, 4.0 blk, 13.8 to, 107ppg
opponents stats
FG 46%, 3P 35%, FT 75%, 42 reb (11 off), 22.9 ast, 7.1 stl, 6.0 blk, 12.6 to, 105ppg

Post-Melo trade (18W-7L, 12Home-13Road)
FG 48%, 3P 39%, FT 72%, 44 reb (10 off), 24.1 ast, 8.6 stl, 5.0 blk, 13.8 to, 107ppg
opponents stats
FG 44%, 3P 32%, FT 77%, 40 reb (10 off), 20.6 ast, 8.2 stl, 5.9 blk, 14.4 to, 97ppg


Season 2011-2012:

First 5 games (3W-2L, 2Home-3Road)
FG 46%, 3P 26%, FT 78%, 40 reb (7.6 off), 21.4 ast, 13.6 stl, 3.0 blk, 13.8 to, 104ppg
opponents stats
FG 45%, 3P 26%, FT 76%, 44 reb (9 off), 21.4 ast, 7.6 stl, 4.6 blk, 20.0 to, 97ppg


Consideration:
1) Not simple schedule (4 of 5 games with playoff quality team, 3 of 3 on the road)
2) You can see an incredible increase in steals and forced turnovers and at the same time a reduction of offensive rebounds (small lineup of GK??).
I'm confident that if the Nuggets shoot 33-35% from 3 will be very very difficult for the other teams to compete.

What do you think of the season just started?

another interesting curiosity... in 5 games Denver averages 24 fast break points and the opponents 10.6

run, run... baby run

Our steals are off the charts (1st in the NBA) but the number of TOs are identical.

The dip in rebounds can be attributed to the 2 PG lineup for long periods of time. Fast Break points are great, but I would like to see a increase in 3 point shooting accuracy (that may take a few weeks).

Also, we don't block many shots! Is that because we are forcing our opponents to shoot more threes?

we'd be 5-0 if the three point percentage wasn't absolute garbage.

oh well. at least the team isn't playing out of its mind statistically (offensively) and still losing games, then i'd be worried. i fully expect that 3pfg% to be around 38 by the end of the year....and that'll take a stretch of games well above 40%, which means we'll probably win a couple we wouldn't have otherwise.

the northwest is a hell of division...
of 21 games played against teams of other divisions, 14 wins and 7 losses, 66%

the atlantic
of 22 games played against teams of other divisions, 8 wins and 14 losses, 36%