Welcome to a double feature data report from the Laker games against the Toronto Raptors and Utah Jazz. Both games were interesting but ultimately led to losses for LA. We’ll go offense first and then defense for both of the games played. The season review, which I was planning to include in this piece, will […]
Post Game Data Report: Lakers vs Wizards
The Lakers drew even on the season with a 102-99 overtime win at home against the Wizards on Wednesday. Their defense kept them in the game and some big plays late sealed the victory. The Lakers Offense It was a rough day at the office for the Lakers offense, but somehow they survived it. If […]
Post Game Data Report: Lakers vs Pelicans
The Lakers lost Sunday, but it was an entertaining game and we saw an impassioned comeback from LA. Here’s how the data says the team performed: The Laker Offense We’ve had -25.7, +9.0, and now -2.6 point performances from LA relative to the expectation (what an average team would’ve scored had they taken the same […]
The Value of a Lonzo Ball Pass-Ahead
Expectations for Lonzo Ball are high. Comments from Magic Johnson and LaVar Ball aren’t doing anything to lower those expectations, and those comments makes me cringe just a little. Rookie guards often struggle to adjust to the NBA. We know this. But we also know that Lonzo has an amazing passing skills, and just Lonzo […]
Post Game Data Report: Lakers vs Suns
The Lakers’ first “W” is in the books after a nice bounceback performance against Phoenix on Friday night. Let’s peer into the Lakers data for a look at how the team executed. Lakers Offense The Lakers offense turned it around against the Suns, fresh off of an abysmal performance against the Clippers. Their game […]
Post Game Data Report: Lakers vs Clippers
Game one is down, and it’s looking like a long 81 games are remaining. Let’s break down how the team did through the help of some post game Lakers data to get a better sense of what happened on the court Thursday. Utilizing play type data, which I give a tutorial to here for Nylon Calculus, […]
The 25 Stats of Lakers Preseason
Six games up and six games down, and Lakers preseason is over. We had a pinch of excitement, some great surprises, a tad of disappointment, a pretty boring final game, and were left with a lot of questions. Why didn’t Kyle Kuzma score 50 points a game? How come someone scored on defensive player of […]
Lakers Preseason: 5 Data Takeaways Through 3 Games
The Lakers Preseason Offense Is Getting out in Transition at a Historic Rate Through the first three games of preseason, LA has 26.5% of its possessions coming from transition. 13.9% was the NBA average the last three regular seasons. As I spoke about before, we can typically expect that percentage to drop 1.28% once we […]
Lakers Signings: Bogut Offensive Data Dive
The waves coming in and out at the beach. A sunset. Steph Curry shooting jump shots. These are all pretty things. Andrew Bogut’s offensive Synergy profile? Not so much. Bogut played 26 games last season for the Dallas Mavericks. He didn’t have big minutes or play a ton of games, but he had 944 touches […]
Lakers Preseason Game 1 Playbook
If you follow my work, you know I’m not a fan of the Lakers scheme from last season. The chess game within the game of utilizing actions to generate good shots can play a big role for basketball teams, and solid team scheme is something seen with all of the top NBA teams. This year […]