Does height matter? The answer, to anyone who has followed the Houston Rockets closely this season, has to be yes. The Rockets have utilized the shortest front-court in the league, by a fair margin, this season, as depicted in the chart below: From above, we see that the relationship between height and team defensive efficiency [...]
HoopNumbers has recently updated its adjusted +/- statistics for the current season (for games up to February 25th). Details on their method, called Regularized Adjusted +/- or RAPM, as well as links to statistics for each of the past 4 seasons, can be found on the site’s commentary page. The numbers they provide are interesting [...]
The following table illustrates scorer-assistant interaction between Houston Rockets teammates. The rows refer to scorers, while the columns refer to assisting passers. For example, the cell for Trevor Ariza’s row and Aaron Brooks’s column indicates that Brooks assisted an Ariza made basket 51 times.
HoopData.com provides an assortment of terrific and convenient stats, including shooting and assist data based on distance. In this post, I want to graphically present this data for the Houston Rockets, and compare it to players across the league. HoopData distinguishes shots/assists at the rim, not at the rim but inside of 10 feet, between [...]
If you’ve watched Rockets television broadcasts this year, you’ve probably heard this line frequently. The Houston Rockets don’t block shots, they draw charges. Below, we see where the Houston Rockets fall with respect to the rest of the league in blocked shots and drawing offensive fouls (per 100 possessions): Kyle Lowry leads the team in [...]
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