The Abject Lunacy that is Our Bench

[spearsy23]

So far in January OKC's offensive rating with Westbrook on the bench has been 109.7. That's a huge improvement on what it was in the games before, which was 95.6. Any guesses what's the main reason for this turnaround?

It seems as simple as Russ just playing better. I think a lot of us lowballed the amount of games this adjustment would take.

But these are the numbers when Russ is not playing.

Without looking at the numbers it seems the main difference is felon hitting an absurd amount of jumpshots.

Edit: also I think pat's 3pt% has been rising.

[Pillendreher]

Since 12/16 without Russ on the floor:

108.0 ORtG
111.6 DRtG
-3.6 NetRtG

Looking at the shooting splits:

Felton 54.5 TS% (45 % on 16+ ft. 2pt jumpers, 50 % on non-corner 3s)
Grant 54.5 TS%
Patterson 51.0 TS% (63.6 % on corner 3s, 36.8 % on non-corner 3s)
George 57.8 TS%
Ferguson (40 % on non-corner 3s)

FatP3 has been balling.