Did Shaq's Creation drop-off in the Postseason?

OhayoKD · Post #1 » by **OhayoKD** » Sun Jan 29, 2023 6:48 pm

Regular Season

Playoffs

70sFan · Post #2 » by **70sFan** » Sun Jan 29, 2023 8:57 pm

Not based on what I have seen in games recently rewatched, but I never did any hardcore evaluations there.

Owly · Post #3 » by **Owly** » Sun Jan 29, 2023 9:53 pm

Normal caveats re playoffs.
Small sample, limited range of opponents. In this instance a small sample of the career too.

That said, his assist numbers are a bit down each year in the 2000-2002 window in the playoffs. Now often everyone's numbers should go down a little in the playoffs with better competition, but I think not for the first of these stats.

Assist percentage RS
00: 19.3
01: 18.8
02: 16.4
average: 18.3

Assist percentage playoffs
00: 14.5
01: 14.8
02: 14.5
average: 14.6

Assists per 100 poss RS
00: 4.9
01: 5.0
02: 4.3
average: 4.7

Assists per 100 poss playoffs
00: 3.8
01: 3.9
02: 3.7
average: 3.8

Not claiming anything beyond stating what these stats are within this sample. Don't know to what extent shooting luck fluctuations would be in play over these samples.