With the NBA on hiatus for at least 30 days, I'll be coping by posting an article every day with 30 random/interesting facts from each of the 30 teams. Hopefully, the season will resume when I hit publish on the Wizards' article.
Day 12:
Indiana Pacers
Stats are mostly from Cleaning the Glass, but also RotoWire, NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.
- Doug McDermott's 127.6 points per 100 shot attempts ranks in the 96th percentile for forwards.
- Doug McDermott has the second-highest point differential (+5.3) on the Pacers.
- Both TJ McConnell's and Malcolm Brogdon's assist percentages are both top 15 in the NBA. Brogdon is 15th (34.5%) and McConnell is seventh (37.2%).
- TJ McConnell takes 59% of his shots from the mid range -- the 100th percentile for combo guards. He converts at a rate of 47% -- the 90th percentile.
- Aaron Holiday's assist-to-usage ratio (0.89) is in the ninth percentile for point guards.
- Last season with Milwaukee, Malcolm Brogdon was assisted on 57% of his made shots (22nd percentile for combo guards). This season with Indiana, he's been assisted on just 24% of his made shots (95th percentile).
- The Pacers have four players in the 90th+ percentile for their position in long mid-range jumper frequency: Jeremy Lamb (25%), Goga Bitadze (21%), Malcolm Brogdon (23%), TJ Warren (18%).
- Indiana allows 6.3 more points per 100 halfcourt plays with Jeremy Lamb on the court -- a difference that ranks in the ninth percentile.
- TJ Warren has made 73% of his shots at the rim this season -- the 93rd percentile for forwards. He's also in the 91st percentile for mid-range accuracy (47%).
- TJ Warren is the 36th-ranked fantasy player in terms of total production in nine-category leagues.
- Victor Oladipo has shot just 43% at the rim this season -- the sixth percentile for wing players.
- Victor Oladipo has a negative VORP (-0.1) -- the same as Edmond Sumner in nearly identical minutes.
- Both Domantas Sabonis and Malcolm Brogdon are in the 90th+ percentile for their respective positions in drawing non-shooting fouls. Sabonis draws one on 3.5% of team plays, while Brogdon draws one on 1.8% of team plays.
- Domantas Sabonis has the highest point differential on the Pacers (+6.4)
- Goga Bitadze averages 2.8 blocks per 36 minutes.
- Justin Holiday has the second-highest VORP (1.5) on the Pacers.
- Myles Turner has the fourth-best block percentage (6.5) in the NBA.
- Myles Turner has the worst point differential (-4.0) on the Pacers of anyone with at least 1,000 minutes played.
- Out of all Pacers lineups that have seen 100+ possessions together, the best is +21.3 and contains TJ McConnell, Jeremy Lamb, Justin Holiday, Doug McDermott and Domantas Sabonis. The worst is -33.1 and contains Malcolm Brogdon, Jeremy Lamb, Justin Holiday, TJ Warren and Myles Turner.
- Pacers big-ball lineups -- Myles Turner, Domantas Sabonis, TJ Warren -- are +9.8 points per 100 possessions.
- The Pacers only have 33 small-ball possessions -- no Domantas Sabonis, Myles Turner, Goga Bitadze, TJ Leaf -- for a net rating of -12.5.
- On the road against top-10 point differential teams, the Pacers have the worst spread differential (-7.6) and the eighth-worst net rating (-12.7).
- Indiana has the third-worst spread differential (-6.9) on the second night of back-to-backs.
- The Pacers have the second-worst offense (107.8) since the All-Star break.
- Indiana is the fourth-worst offensive rebounding (23.3%) team in the NBA.
- The Pacers shoot the second-most long mid-rangers (15.9% of team attempts) and the second-fewest threes (28.9%).
- Indiana is the most accurate short mid-range shooting team (44.9%) in the league.
- The Pacers force opponents to shoot the fourth-worst percentage (60.3) at the rim and the second-worst percentage (35.2) from the corner.
- Indiana has 68.0% of steals lead to transition plays -- the fourth-highest mark in the league. However, they only create a transition play on 23.0% of live rebounds -- the second-lowest mark.
- The Pacers allow the third-fewest points per 100 transition plays (116.4).
