Clearly you are a theorist who ignorantly built his entire argument based on 1 assumption: 45% x 3 > 55% x 2 Fine, let this empiricist give you a proper education on data analysis. Throughout the entire 82-game regular season, Milwaukee and Toronto secured the best 2 league records (60 wins and 58 wins respectively) on a balanced offensive game built around strong inside presence supplemented by 3 points shooting and bench support. The stats of the top 5 scorers on each team review a stark contrast in their style from GSW: Milwulkee top 5 scorers aggregate (Giannis, Middleton, Bledsoe, Brogon, Hill): PPG: 80.6 3PA: 23.1 3P%: 35.86 https://www.espn.com/nba/team/stats/_/name/gs Toronto top 5 scorers aggregate (Leonard, Siakam, Lowry, Gasol, Ibaka): PPG: 83 3PA: 21.8 3P%: 32.66 https://www.espn.com/nba/team/stats/_/name/tor GSW top 5 scorers aggregate (Durant, Curry, Thompson, Green, Iguodala) : PPG: 103.7 3PA: 31.6 3P%: 36.36 https://www.espn.com/nba/team/stats/_/name/gs In fact GSW players' point per game, 3 point attempts and 3 points % drop precipitiously outside of their top scorers, meaning they are more liable to boom and bust performance if Curry, Klay and KD have an off-night, or if 1 key shooter is absent. Your 45% 3 points is not even statistically accurate because majority of the teams shoot under 35% (45% is more relevant to a few elite players). The shootings patterns aren't vastly different - more 3 points attempt by role players maybe, but not to the point that competitive teams rely on them like GSW and Houston do. Toronto won 3 games based on outstanding performance from Ibaka, Gasol and Siakam who took advantage of mismatch inside the paint and their ability to draw fouls for free throws. They comfortably beat GSW in game 4 despite 10/32 3 points shooting because they made up with 23/24 free throws performance. Even in Toronto's 1 point loss in game 5, they only shot 8/32 on 3 points (25%), whereas GSW needed a 20-42 3 points shooting (47.6%) to narrowly escape defeat. In game 6 (and 7 if necessary), GSW have to dig deep to find a third scoring option, whereas Toronto can reliably throw in a few big men inside the paint and attack the rim or draw fouls. Go back and learn how to analyze real-world data, little breh. Your rant read like a desk reject paper that I couldn't pass "Assumption 2."
I don’t need to do my elementary school math because I’ve already mastered concepts like 45% x 3 > 55% x 2 Clearly you haven’t and thats ok. We all have to start somewhere and go at our own pace.
Clearly you are a theorist who ignorantly built his entire argument based on 1 assumption: 45% x 3 > 55% x 2 Fine, let this empiricist give you a proper education on data analysis. Throughout the entire 82-game regular season, Milwaukee and Toronto secured the best 2 league records (60 wins and 58 wins respectively) on a balanced offensive game built around strong inside presence supplemented by 3 points shooting and bench support. The stats of the top 5 scorers on each team review a stark contrast in their style from GSW: Milwulkee top 5 scorers aggregate (Giannis, Middleton, Bledsoe, Brogon, Hill): PPG: 80.6 3PA: 23.1 3P%: 35.86 https://www.espn.com/nba/team/stats/_/name/gs Toronto top 5 scorers aggregate (Leonard, Siakam, Lowry, Gasol, Ibaka): PPG: 83 3PA: 21.8 3P%: 32.66 https://www.espn.com/nba/team/stats/_/name/tor GSW top 5 scorers aggregate (Durant, Curry, Thompson, Green, Iguodala) : PPG: 103.7 3PA: 31.6 3P%: 36.36 https://www.espn.com/nba/team/stats/_/name/gs In fact GSW players' point per game, 3 point attempts and 3 points % drop precipitiously outside of their top scorers, meaning they are more liable to boom and bust performance if Curry, Klay and KD have an off-night, or if 1 key shooter is absent. Your 45% 3 points is not even statisti
cally accurate because majority of the teams shoot under 35% (45% is more relevant to a few elite players). The shootings patterns aren't vastly different - more 3 points attempt by role players maybe, but not to the point that competitive teams rely on them like GSW and Houston do. Toronto won 3 games based on outstanding performance from Ibaka, Gasol and Siakam who took advantage of mismatch inside the paint and their ability to draw fouls for free throws. They comfortably beat GSW in game 4 despite 10/32 3 points shooting because they made up with 23/24 free throws performance. Even in Toronto's 1 point loss in game 5, they only shot 8/32 on 3 points (25%), whereas GSW needed a 20-42 3 points shooting (47.6%) to narrowly escape defeat. In game 6 (and 7 if necessary), GSW have to dig deep to find a third scoring option, whereas Toronto can reliably throw in a few big men inside the paint and attack the rim or draw fouls. Go back and learn how to analyze real-world data, little breh. Your rant read like a desk reject paper that I couldn't pass "Assumption 2."
I don’t need to do my elementary school math because I’ve already mastered concepts like 45% x 3 > 55% x 2 Clearly you haven’t and thats ok. We all have to start somewhere and go at our own pace.