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 PACERS Danny Granger - left knee tendinosis (out) WIZARDS Alan Anderson - left sprained foot (out) Landry Fields - right hand/wrist injury (out) Kyle Lowry - right sprained ankle (out) |
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Tim Donahue: Danny Granger Made His Teammates Better Consider the following chart:  The picture represents the 2011-12 +/- per 48 minutes for each of nine key rotation players for the Pacers on that squad. The blue bar is for when they were playing with Danny Granger, the red is when the Captain was on the bench. Without Danny, every single player’s +/- dropped, and the overall average was 11.4 points per 48 minutes. Of course, that speaks as much about unit performance, as it does individual. It makes sense that the team performance would drop when one of its two or three most accomplished players was not on the floor. More evidence of Granger’s positive impact on last year’s team can be seen in the Pacers shooting performance.  The Pacers shot a higher percentage in 11 of the 14 shooting zones on this chart with Danny on the floor. Overall, the team’s eFG% dropped from 49.0% to 44.5% when Granger went to the bench last year. And this wasn’t just Danny being an above average shooter. Over the first half of last season, Danny Granger suffered mightily from the floor, posting an eFG% of only 44.3%. Still the Pacers shot better in 10 of the 14 zones, their eFG% was 4.4% lower – 43.5% vs. 47.9% – with Granger on the bench. Again, this is team performance, and not inconsistent with the overall squad talent declining with anyone replacing Granger. However, there’s actually some evidence that the individual performance of most of the players was improved by...CONTINUE READING AT 8p9s |
| Gameday: Raptors @ Pacers Nov. 13 It’s going to be a relatively quick pre-game today since we’re on a back-to-back and, well, we’re all probably a little exhausted from last night’s triple overtime loss. As it is, the team travelled late to Indiana and will play the Pacers, who defeated the Raptors on opening night, 90-88. As I mentioned in my post-game, that was a loss under better circumstances, with Lowry healthy, able-bodied wing players in the lineup, and with the benefit of rest and a lively home crowd. Instead, the team will be without Lowry, Fields and Anderson once again, tired from a travel night and a triple overtime game that saw Jose Calderon log 50 minutes and DeMar DeRozan log 60. By the way, before I jump into the breakdown I should note that as per the latest news I have, Lowry did NOT travel with the team, but he tweeted, “Indy! This being injured is for the birds!” which could be taken as him having made the trip. Fields and Double-A are also not expected to play, as of the latest chatter on Twitter, but please comment if this news changes before tip-off. Tale of the Tape, 2011-12 Offensive Rating: Toronto 103.9 (11th), Indiana 97.3 (26th) Defensive Rating: Indiana 99.5 (7th), Toronto 108.6 (27th) Pace: Toronto 92.3 (19th), Indiana 90.3 (27th) Strength: Toronto – turnovers (4th in TO%, 6th in Opponent TO%) Indiana – rebounding (5th in OReb%, 9th in DReb%) Weakness: Toronto – fouling (30th in Oponnent FTA/FGA, 12th in FTA/FGA) Indiana – scoring (29th in eFG%) Positional Breakdown Point Guard – Advantage: Slightly Pacers Calderon played a great game last night, but I am not hopeful about how he’ll play a night after logging 50 minutes. Hopefully John Lucas broke his slump going three for six last night and hitting a huge three late, because he’ll be relied on to provide adequate back-up minutes. For the Pacers, Hill is seriously overpaid but has been scoring at a steady clip so far this season now that he’s “the guy.” Augustin has been terrible adjusting to his new squad, shooting just 18%. If Calderon can somehow look fresh, you might give the nod to the Raptors, but that seems unlikely. Wings – Advantage: Wash With Danny Granger out, the Pacers have been struggling on the wings and have resorted to rotating the starter beside George. While none have stood out, George is a personal favorite who is oozing with potential and has already learned how to contribute in other ways when the shots aren’t dropping. DeRozan has been at his best of late, save for his shot selection late last night, but coming off of a 60-min outing he could be tired/exhausted/zombified. Neither of the benches inspire much confidence, so we call it a wash. Bigs – Advantage: Pacers West took it to Bargnani badly in the second half of the opener, and you can probably expect more of the same tonight. Hibbert has been struggling significantly to lead “his” team, but against Valanciunas...CONTINUE READING AT RAPTORS REPUBLIC |
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Pacers Mike Wells @MikeWellsNBA Jared Wade @8pts9secs Tim Donahue @TimDonahue8p9s Tom Lewis @indycornrows |
Raptors Doug Smith @SmithRaps Holly MacKenzie @stackmack J.E. Skeets @jeskeets Adam Francis @raptorshq |
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