Led by James Harden and Nick Collison, OKC managed to topple Memphis in 7 games. Yes, I realize that's one of the stranger things I've said on my blog. The stats tell me that Harden (a combination of offense and defense) and Collison (primarily defense) actually led OKC in WARP during the series. And that they had the highest ezPM100 ratings, by quite a large margin. Well, I have to admit that I didn't get to watch a lot of this series, so maybe that's just a really crazy fluke. Those kinds of things can certainly happen in short series. Looking at some of the individual game box scores, Durant and Westbrook did have some poor shooting performances, though. And, overall, OKC won this series with above-average defense and just average offense/rebounding. Gasol and Randolph lead Memphis, which seems reasonable.
Western Conference Semi-Final: OKC vs. Memphis
| NAME | TEAM | POS | POSS | GS | WARP | EZPM | EZPM100 | OFF | O100 | DEF | D100 | REB | REB100 | ORR | DRR | OEFF | USG | OWN | OEFG |
| 4.18 | 30.25 | -5.46 | 48.47 | -12.75 | |||||||||||||||
| James Harden | OKC | 2 | 394 | 0 | 1.35 | 30.30 | 7.69 | 17.95 | 4.56 | 14.88 | 3.78 | -2.53 | -0.64 | 18.18% | 72.22% | 21.45 | 21.25% | 20.81 | 48.48% |
| Nick Collison | OKC | 4.5 | 296 | 0 | 1.00 | 22.53 | 7.61 | 3.60 | 1.21 | 16.43 | 5.55 | 2.50 | 0.85 | 53.13% | 58.54% | 11.39 | 10.67% | 26.69 | 41.07% |
| Kevin Durant | OKC | 3 | 506 | 7 | 0.74 | 7.09 | 1.40 | -2.42 | -0.48 | 9.55 | 1.89 | -0.04 | -0.01 | 29.17% | 72.86% | -1.70 | 28.12% | 17.59 | 49.29% |
| Russell Westbrook | OKC | 1 | 453 | 7 | 0.64 | 5.52 | 1.22 | 5.34 | 1.18 | -8.06 | -1.78 | 8.24 | 1.82 | 40.63% | 85.19% | 2.73 | 43.13% | 22.96 | 48.13% |
| Serge Ibaka | OKC | 4.49 | 330 | 7 | 0.35 | 0.45 | 0.14 | -6.89 | -2.09 | 9.94 | 3.01 | -2.59 | -0.78 | 34.62% | 54.29% | -13.42 | 15.57% | 32.73 | 46.15% |
| Eric Maynor | OKC | 0.99 | 175 | 0 | 0.18 | 0.12 | 0.07 | 2.80 | 1.60 | -3.98 | -2.27 | 1.31 | 0.75 | 36.36% | 75.00% | 6.24 | 25.63% | 15.43 | 55.00% |
| Nazr Mohammed | OKC | 4.98 | 166 | 0 | 0.15 | -0.69 | -0.42 | -4.43 | -2.67 | 6.67 | 4.02 | -2.93 | -1.77 | 44.00% | 46.15% | -21.23 | 12.57% | 21.08 | 38.10% |
| Royal Ivey | OKC | 1.5 | 13 | 0 | 0.12 | 3.51 | 27.03 | 2.99 | 23.01 | 0.52 | 4.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00% | 100.00% | 193.00 | 11.92% | 23.08 | 50.00% |
| Thabo Sefolosha | OKC | 2.01 | 246 | 7 | 0.11 | -4.62 | -1.88 | -8.73 | -3.55 | 6.49 | 2.64 | -2.38 | -0.97 | 25.00% | 63.16% | -26.74 | 13.28% | 21.54 | 45.65% |
| Daequan Cook | OKC | 1.99 | 178 | 0 | 0.00 | -5.81 | -3.26 | -7.68 | -4.32 | 2.86 | 1.61 | -0.98 | -0.55 | 16.67% | 71.43% | -28.27 | 15.27% | 23.60 | 42.86% |
| Nate Robinson | OKC | 1.49 | 13 | 0 | -0.01 | -0.80 | -6.18 | 3.33 | 25.65 | -3.86 | -29.69 | -0.28 | -2.14 | 0.00% | NA | 76.49 | 33.54% | 23.08 | 125.00% |
| Kendrick Perkins | OKC | 5 | 370 | 7 | -0.47 | -27.35 | -7.39 | -11.31 | -3.06 | -2.97 | -0.80 | -13.08 | -3.53 | 42.65% | 40.85% | -29.34 | 10.41% | 26.76 | 51.41% |
| 2.34 | -29.05 | -47.49 | 5.68 | 12.75 | |||||||||||||||
| Marc Gasol | MEM | 4.98 | 477 | 7 | 1.24 | 23.99 | 5.03 | -0.44 | -0.09 | 16.34 | 3.42 | 8.09 | 1.70 | 58.02% | 52.87% | -0.46 | 20.12% | 9.85 | 69.23% |
| Zach Randolph | MEM | 4 | 504 | 7 | 0.90 | 12.15 | 2.41 | -2.46 | -0.49 | 2.57 | 0.51 | 12.05 | 2.39 | 49.28% | 67.14% | -1.80 | 27.12% | 16.87 | 58.73% |
| Shane Battier | MEM | 2.5 | 308 | 0 | 0.46 | 4.59 | 1.49 | -4.08 | -1.33 | 4.05 | 1.31 | 4.62 | 1.50 | 38.24% | 75.00% | -11.36 | 11.67% | 26.62 | 53.68% |
| Greivis Vasquez | MEM | 1.03 | 137 | 0 | 0.18 | 1.24 | 0.91 | 6.75 | 4.93 | -5.28 | -3.85 | -0.24 | -0.17 | 28.57% | 70.00% | 24.47 | 20.15% | 24.82 | 44.64% |
| Hamed Haddadi | MEM | 4.99 | 43 | 0 | 0.13 | 2.75 | 6.40 | -1.69 | -3.94 | 3.42 | 7.95 | 1.03 | 2.39 | 40.00% | 66.67% | -16.63 | 23.67% | 20.93 | 40.00% |
| O.J. Mayo | MEM | 2 | 418 | 2 | 0.10 | -10.63 | -2.54 | -2.79 | -0.67 | -10.92 | -2.61 | 3.08 | 0.74 | 26.47% | 86.36% | -3.35 | 19.94% | 20.81 | 66.15% |
| Tony Allen | MEM | 2.01 | 320 | 7 | 0.09 | -7.77 | -2.43 | -18.21 | -5.69 | 9.86 | 3.08 | 0.58 | 0.18 | 28.57% | 71.43% | -27.58 | 20.63% | 22.81 | 47.92% |
| Leon Powe | MEM | 4.01 | 17 | 0 | 0.04 | 0.77 | 4.52 | 0.04 | 0.26 | -0.35 | -2.04 | 1.07 | 6.29 | 50.00% | 100.00% | 1.18 | 22.29% | 17.65 | 50.00% |
| Sam Young | MEM | 2.49 | 222 | 5 | 0.03 | -6.34 | -2.86 | -12.38 | -5.58 | 7.56 | 3.40 | -1.52 | -0.68 | 17.86% | 81.82% | -29.52 | 18.89% | 24.32 | 50.00% |
| Ishmael Smith | MEM | 1.01 | 12 | 0 | -0.04 | -1.83 | -15.27 | -1.44 | -12.03 | -0.67 | -5.56 | 0.28 | 2.32 | NA | 100.00% | -65.90 | 18.25% | 0.00 | NA |
| Mike Conley | MEM | 1 | 495 | 7 | -0.14 | -21.02 | -4.25 | 1.86 | 0.38 | -13.57 | -2.74 | -9.31 | -1.88 | 14.29% | 57.58% | 1.44 | 26.13% | 30.91 | 46.67% |
| Darrell Arthur | MEM | 3.99 | 192 | 0 | -0.64 | -26.95 | -14.04 | -12.65 | -6.59 | -7.33 | -3.82 | -6.98 | -3.63 | 30.00% | 33.33% | -28.13 | 23.41% | 21.88 | 62.50% |
Eli's work probably ought to be considered as well. http://www.countthebasket.com/blog/2008/03/06/diminishing-returns-for-scoring-usage-vs-efficiency/ Not immediately sure how to reconcile DSMok1's work with Eli's. Looking at Eli's graph, I think usage impacts at team level may be more dynamic at the extremes than expressed by a linear function.
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