re: Game 2 Series Stats and Observations

Great write up and stats. I do think OKC coach is much better than the last time OKC had players (Scotty Brooks). He is young and relates but he actually coaches constantly. He has many designed out of bounds plays where old days it was get ball to KD and he’ll figure it out type stuff. He has basically grown up with these players. Also wanted to add, this is his first time getting to play a series and focus on a team and make game to game adjustments. I think he is very good tactics wise but this is his first chance to show it.

There is no doubt this series is completely different with Zion playing and it sucks he is out. You work hard all year (as a team) to make playoffs and your best player gets hurt.

I saw some stats on rebounds and wanted to share. I don’t know that OKC can win the West but they went 3-1 vs Denver this year. Its very likely Dallas or LAC beats them if they close this series out. The one thing they have is youth and energy but this is all new playoff experience for them, they don’t yet understand their youth is supposed to be a brick wall to go far. It likely catches up at some point but their HC is really good.

These 2 tweets talk about rebounds, as I always felt this would bite them:

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This guy replied to it (can’t post 2 tweets so am copying his reply to the above tweet):



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@statcenter

This was OKC's recipe all season.

It's ok to be 27th in the NBA in offensive rebs when you're 3rd-best in both eFG% and lowest TO rate.

And it's ok to be 29th in def rebs when you're 4th in opponent eFG% and first in forcing TOs.