Articles tagged with "Spider Graphs":
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And For Their Next Trick: The Orlando Magic’s Offseason Moves in Spider Graphs
The Orlando Magic have made perhaps the most dramatic offseason moves out of the East’s elite teams. They replaced two of their starters, bringing in Vince Carter and Brandon Bass to start in place of the departed Courtney Lee and Hedo Turkoglu. But does it make them a better team? Spider Graphs can give us an idea.
Forget Shaq; The Lakers Won This Title Without Kobe
That’s a lie, obviously. Kobe Bryant was the clearly the biggest part and the moving force behind the Lakers’ 2009 championship run. But in the Finals, it felt like Kobe was behind the scenes. Like he was conducting the orchestra, instead of playing a solo, for five games. And perhaps it’s because of Kobe’s deference [...]
Once You’re Lucky, Twice You’re Good: Graphing NBA Finals Game Four
Derek Fisher was the Lakers’ hero for Game Four of the NBA Finals. Twice. His stat line doesn’t look like much—only 12 points, and he only made 2-7 from beyond the arc—but his two trios came at the best possible times. One tied the game to send it into overtime, and the other gave the [...]
Orlando Magic Shoot Their Brains Out: NBA Finals Game Three Graphs
The Orlando Magic hosted the Lakers in Game Three of the NBA Finals, and they weren’t exactly gracious hosts. The Lakers shot an exceptional 51.3 percent from the field, and cut the Magic lead to zero within the final minutes of the game. The Magic however, shot a mind blowing NBA Finals-record 62.5 percent and [...]
Lakers Get That Boom Boom Pau: Graphing NBA Finals Game Two
Kobe Bryant didn’t score 40 points in Game 2, but he didn’t have to. Pau Gasol came to play. The game went to overtime, but by the end it didn’t feel like it—Gasol scored seven of the Lakers’ 13 overtime points, and the Lakers closed out a five-point victory to go up 2-0 in the [...]
Magic Pick on Someone Their Own Size, Lose: NBA Finals Game One in Graphs
The Lakers and Magic met in LA, and the result wasn’t pretty for Orlando fans. The Lakers had what the Cavaliers didn’t: a slew of big men to throw at Dwight Howard, and enough length to put pressure on the perimeter shooting. Now that a whole day has passed, I’ve had time to crunch the [...]
Lakers-Magic: Spider Graph Follow-Up
I think “Spider Graphs” is a good name for these, don’t you? If you haven’t seen these before, don’t go any further before reading the original article. This article is a follow-up, based on feedback and comments received in the first go-around. I’d also like to say thanks to everybody who contributed, either in the [...]
Lakers vs. Magic: A Mathematical Breakdown of Matchups
I’ve developed a method of graphing players in order to compare styles and performance—and I can’t think of a better way to give it a maiden voyage than comparing the two NBA Finals teams, the Los Angeles Lakers and Orlando Magic. The graphs are designed to give an overall view of a player in a single glance, based [...]
