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I understand the stat and (I think), because it's so widely used, I assume I'm missing something. Rivers only had a +/- of -1 last night. So 2 more points from us while he was in the game means he would've been in the +. From what I could see, he played a huge part in letting our 1 point deficit balloon in a hurry.

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It's not perfect but it in conjuncture with minutes played is a better indicator of a player's contribution to their team than W/L record. You can't really help how the team plays when you are on the bench.