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 25:
Portland Trail Blazers
Stats are mostly from Cleaning the Glass, but also RotoWire, NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.
- CJ McCollum is sixth in the league in minutes played (2,229).
- CJ McCollum is seventh in field goals made (549).
- Damian Lillard has scored the fifth-most points (1,677) in the NBA. His 125.5 points per 100 shot attempts is in the 98th percentile for point guards.
- Hassan Whiteside is first in total rebounds (869) and blocks (187).
- Damian Lillard is sixth in total assists (453).
- Damian Lillard is first in minutes per game (36.9).
- Damian Lillard is seventh in PER (26.2) while Hassan Whiteside is 10th (25.0).
- Damian Lillard is fifth in win shares (9.6) while Hassan Whiteside is 10th (8.1). Lillard is also ninth in box plus/minus (7.2) and VORP (4.9).
- Since joining the Trail Blazers, Trevor Ariza's 129.4 points per 100 shot attempts is in the 95th percentile for wing players.
- 83% of Damian Lillard's shots are unassisted, ranking in the 100th percentile for point guards in terms of iso attempts.
- One quarter of Carmelo Anthony's shots come from the long mid-range.
- CJ McCollum is 56% (40-of-72) on corner threes, ranking in the 100th percentile for combo guards.
- With the Blazers, Trevor Ariza has been fouled on 13.7% of his shot attempts, ranking in the 90th percentile for wing players.
- Damian Lillard draws a non-shooting foul on 3.7% of team plays, ranking in the 96th percentile for point guards.
- Trevor Ariza has the highest point differential (+14.0) of anyone who has seen 700+ minutes with the team. He's followed by Damian Lillard (+10.7) and Hassan Whiteside (+10.5).
- Anfernee Simons has the worst point differential (-13.4) of anyone on the Blazers who has seen at least 100 minutes.
- Opponents shoot 3.1% more long mid-rangers with Hassan Whiteside on the court -- a difference that ranks in the 97th percentile in terms of forcing that shot.
- Opponents score 8.4 fewer points per 100 halfcourt plays with Trevor Ariza on the court -- a difference that ranks in the 94th percentile.
- Opponents start 3.4% more plays with a transition opportunity with Mario Hezonja on the court -- a difference that ranks in the second percentile.
- Out of all Blazers lineups that have seen 100+ possessions together, the best is +12.0 and contains Damian Lillard, CJ McCollum, Kent Bazemore, Anthony Tolliver and Hassan Whiteside. The worst is -7.0 and replaces Kent Bazemore with Rodney Hood.
- Lineups without Damian Lillard or CJ McCollum are -17.3 points per 100 possessions.
- Lineups with Carmelo Anthony at center are -14.4 points per 100 possessions.
- With both Trevor Ariza and Carmelo Anthony on the court, the Blazers are +5.3 points per 100 possessions.
- Portland has the fifth-worst defense (114.2 points allowed per 100 possessions) in the NBA.
- Portland has the sixth-worst spread differential (-1.2) in the league.
- On the road against top-10 teams, Portland has the third-best offense (111.0) but the ninth-worst defense (117.8).
- The Trail Blazers have the third-lowest turnover rate (12.8%) in the league.
- The Trail Blazers are the third-worst offensive rebounding team in the NBA, allowing opponents to grab 27.9% of their misses.
- Portland takes the seventh-most long mid-rangers (14.0% of team attempts).
- Portland is the second-least accurate at the rim (60.3%).
