Kobe Clutch 3 pointer streak

[Gek]

It's the smaller defenders. We're not hating, we're just ex-lovers that need to be swooned.

[Tee212]

now its the defenders? he shoots turn around fade aways on guys few inches shorter than him all the time. Its the guys like tony allen/raja/ray allen right? they dont know how to play d.

[Base]

Ima,

I think that Pythagorean Expectation (a formula) is a better indicator of how good a team will do in the playoffs.

It takes in to account of PT differential, but it also takes into account how fast your offense is. If I am not mistaken, a team with +4 per game scoring 87 PPG is bound to have a better record than a team with +4 per game scoring 99 per game. We can try it here:

Expected wins = (TOTAL Points Scored^13.91)/(TOTAL Points Scored^13.91+TOTAL Points Against^13.91)
For the season so far: (arbitrary numbers)
Assuming both teams played the same amount of games, both teams have the same +/-, but the team with better defense has a slightly better expected win percentage.

PTS FOR: 4567-PTS Against: 4467 | 0.576387323 (~47.26 wins in 82 game season)
PTS FOR: 5567-PTS Against: 5467 | 0.562702342 (~46.14 wins in 82 game season)

ESPN uses that formula to predict standings and such...but yes, by the formula, the team with better defense although same +/-, is a better team.
http://espn.go.com/nba/stats/rpi/_/sort/EWL

But that all doesn't matter, because, there has been no correlation to EWL and winning a championship.