In the NBA these days, it seems like there is a stat for everything. We’ve got PER, offensive efficiency ratings, defensive efficiency rating, and so on and so on.
It seems like every team in the league now employs their own stat guru. And while I’m not one to question the use of all these new statistics to evaluate NBA players (I actually kinda like them), I’m old school.
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Happy New Year!
With the new NBA season set to tip off with four games tonight, here are some of the things I’ll be watching for in tonight’s action.
Boston @ Cleveland, 7:30pm
I can’t wait to see LeBron again this season. Last year, coming off the Olympics, you could see that his focus was on improving defensively. Now, without a summer in the spotlight, I’m curious to see if he’s made any improvements to his already unreal game. Is this the year we finally see LeBron use his Karl Malone-like body to beast on people inside?
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A poor first quarter cut short any chance the Grizzlies had of exploiting a struggling L.A. Clippers team on Friday. The Clippers entered the game riding a seven-game losing streak, but they jumped on the Grizzlies early and came away with a 126-105 win at FedEx Forum.
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The swap resulted in a scrappier, more physical approach by the Grizzlies that caused the struggling Clippers to unravel. The Grizzlies' harassing style of defense returned to limit the Clippers to 45 percent shooting, including 39 percent in the second half. It was the first time in five games that the Grizzlies had held an opponent under 50 percent. Lowry accepted the tough assignment of guarding the Clippers star guard Baron Davis and limited him to 23 points on 7-of-16 shooting. Milicic took on Zach Randolph and limited him to six rebounds.
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