KG is down to 10.1 after averaging 12.8, 12.7, 13.5, 13.9 and 13.5 over the last 5 years.
Pierce is averaging 5.6 after averaging 5.9, 6.7, 6.6, 6.6 and 7.6 over the last 5.
Perkins is averaging 5.5 which is lower than I expected.
Was it just sharing the rebounds, or were we really struggling?
I should have googled sooner, it was easy to find (ESPN). ESPN doesn't sort on the column that I was most interested in: total percentage. So I pasted it into a spreadsheet and sorted. We're first in the league guys! Here's the top 6:
- 0.526 Boston
0.515 Philadelphia
0.514 Houston
0.514 Washington
0.513 San Antonio
0.513 Los Angeles
- +4.2 Boston
+2.5 Washington
+2.5 Philadelphia
+2.5 Houston
+2.4 Los Angeles
+2.2 San Antonio
.526 doesn't seem like a lot but hey, we're .026 over .500 and the next best team is only .015 over .500. +4.2 also doesn't seem like a lot but the next best team is only +2.5.
Finally, if a rebound is worth roughly 1 point in a basketball game, then about 4 points of our league-leading 13 point average margin of victory can be attribute to our superior rebounding. The rest can be chalked up to the physical attractiveness and intelligence of the fan base.