Thoughts on Celtics rebounding (we're the best!)
Posted: Sun Jan 6, 2008 6:40 pm
I've been curious about the celtics team rebounding numbers because individually it looks like everybody's having an off year:
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:
.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.
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.