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Monday, May 25, 2009

West Finals Game 1: Lakers 105 Nuggets 103 on May 19 2009 Ultimate Game Breakdown

2009 NBA PLAYOFFS
WEST CONFERENCE FINAL GAME 1
LOS ANGELES MAY 19
REAL GAME RATINGS
For all measures below, the first number is Denver Nuggets and the second is Los Angeles Lakers

Possessions 95.45 96.59
POINTS SCORED 103 105
EFFICIENCY: Most Important Single Measure 1.079 1.087

Offensive Rebound Percentage 0.194 0.362
Turnover Percentage 0.157 0.155
Getting to the Line 0.473 0.267
Effective Field Goal Percentage 0.541 0.472
Assists/Turnovers 1.600 1.667

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Playmaking Identity 1.125 0.800
Playmaking Quality 0.608 0.378
Playmaking Power 0.973 0.630

EFFICIENCY SCALE
1.150 and More: Ultra Efficient
1.130 to 1.149: Extremely Efficient
1.110 to 1.129: Very Efficient
1.090 to 1.109: A Little Above Average Efficiency
1.070 to 1.089: Average Efficiency
1.050 to 1.069: A Little Below Average Efficiency
1.030 to 1.049: Very Inefficient
1.010 to 1.029: Extremely Inefficient
!.009 and Less: Ultra Inefficient
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2009 NBA PLAYOFFS
WEST CONFERENCE FINAL GAME 1
LOS ANGELES MAY 19
REAL PLAYER RATINGS BY TEAM
Shows Quality of Players

DENVER NUGGETS
Carmelo Anthony, SF 1.225
Chauncey Billups, PG 0.783
Chris Andersen, FC 0.708
Nene, C 0.595
Kenyon Martin, PF 0.582
Anthony Carter, PG 0.327
J.R. Smith, SG 0.200
Linas Kleiza, SF 0.193
Dahntay Jones, SG -0.159

LOS ANGELES LAKERS
Kobe Bryant, SG 1.076
Jordan Farmar, PG 0.761
Pau Gasol, FC 0.743
Lamar Odom, PF 0.718
Derek Fisher, PG 0.626
Andrew Bynum, C 0.625
Luke Walton, SF 0.454
Trevor Ariza, SF 0.286
Sasha Vujacic, SG 0.092

2009 NBA PLAYOFFS
WEST CONFERENCE FINAL GAME 1
LOS ANGELES MAY 19
REAL PLAYER RATINGS COMBINED
Shows Quality of Players

Carmelo Anthony, SF 1.225
Kobe Bryant, SG 1.076
Chauncey Billups, PG 0.783
Jordan Farmar, PG 0.761
Pau Gasol, FC 0.743
Lamar Odom, PF 0.718
Chris Andersen, FC 0.708
Derek Fisher, PG 0.626
Andrew Bynum, C 0.625
Nene, C 0.595
Kenyon Martin, PF 0.582
Luke Walton, SF 0.454
Anthony Carter, PG 0.327
Trevor Ariza, SF 0.286
J.R. Smith, SG 0.200
Linas Kleiza, SF 0.193
Sasha Vujacic, SG 0.092
Dahntay Jones, SG -0.159

SCALE FOR REAL PLAYER RATINGS
Perfect Player? Is there Such a Thing? 1.000 and more
Historic Super Star 0.950 and more
Super Star 0.850 0.949
A Star Player; An Extremely Good Starter 0.775 0.849
An Outstanding Player; A Solid Starter 0.700 0.774
Major Role Player 0.650 0.699
Role Player 0.600 0.649
Minor Role Player 0.550 0.599
Very Minor Role Player 0.500 0.549
Poor Player at This Time 0.425 0.499
Very Poor Player at This Time 0.350 0.424
Extremely Poor Player at This Time / Disaster and less 0.349
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2009 NBA PLAYOFFS
WEST CONFERENCE FINAL GAME 1
LOS ANGELES MAY 19
REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION BY TEAM
Shows Quantity of Players

DENVER NUGGETS
Carmelo Anthony, SF 49.00
Chauncey Billups, PG 32.10
Kenyon Martin, PF 22.70
Nene, C 19.05
Chris Andersen, FC 17.00
J.R. Smith, SG 5.00
Anthony Carter, PG 4.90
Linas Kleiza, SF 1.35
Dahntay Jones, SG -2.55

LOS ANGELES LAKERS
Kobe Bryant, SG 46.25
Pau Gasol, FC 31.20
Lamar Odom, PF 23.70
Derek Fisher, PG 19.40
Andrew Bynum, C 10.00
Trevor Ariza, SF 8.00
Jordan Farmar, PG 6.85
Luke Walton, SF 5.90
Sasha Vujacic, SG 1.20

2009 NBA PLAYOFFS
WEST CONFERENCE FINAL GAME 1
LOS ANGELES MAY 19
REAL PLAYER PRODUCTION COMBINED
Shows Quantity of Players

Carmelo Anthony, SF 49.00
Kobe Bryant, SG 46.25
Chauncey Billups, PG 32.10
Pau Gasol, FC 31.20
Lamar Odom, PF 23.70
Kenyon Martin, PF 22.70
Derek Fisher, PG 19.40
Nene, C 19.05
Chris Andersen, FC 17.00
Andrew Bynum, C 10.00
Trevor Ariza, SF 8.00
Jordan Farmar, PG 6.85
Luke Walton, SF 5.90
J.R. Smith, SG 5.00
Anthony Carter, PG 4.90
Linas Kleiza, SF 1.35
Sasha Vujacic, SG 1.20
Dahntay Jones, SG -2.55

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2009 NBA PLAYOFFS
WEST CONFERENCE FINAL GAME 1
LOS ANGELES MAY 19
OFFENSIVE SUB RATING COMBINED
Shows Offensive Quality of Players

Carmelo Anthony, SF 1.178
Kobe Bryant, SG 1.017
Jordan Farmar, PG 0.583
Chauncey Billups, PG 0.583
Derek Fisher, PG 0.574
Nene, C 0.495
Pau Gasol, FC 0.471
Luke Walton, SF 0.431
Andrew Bynum, C 0.406
Chris Andersen, FC 0.371
Lamar Odom, PF 0.352
Kenyon Martin, PF 0.241
J.R. Smith, SG 0.076
Trevor Ariza, SF 0.050
Sasha Vujacic, SG 0.046
Linas Kleiza, SF 0.007
Anthony Carter, PG -0.007
Dahntay Jones, SG -0.228

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WARNING: The following is NOT the defensive subratings reported for players for the season as a whole that are found in Real Player Ratings reports by team, and possibly in Real Player Ratings reports for the NBA as a whole. Those subratings require a minimum sample of 300 minutes of playing time to be valid. There is no known way to calculate the value of "hidden defending" for single games or for small numbers of games. No one on the internet has come even close to doing this, and it appears to be impossible.

Quest appears to be the only one that has created a statistically valid way of revealing hidden defending for larger numbers of games.

The following is scored or tracked defensive actions (defensive rebounds, steals, blocks, and personal fouls) per minute.

2009 NBA PLAYOFFS
WEST CONFERENCE FINAL GAME 1
LOS ANGELES MAY 19
SCORED OR TRACKED DEFENSIVE RATING
Shows quality of players for defensive rebounds, steals, blocks, minus personal fouls

Lamar Odom, PF 0.367
Kenyon Martin, PF 0.341
Chris Andersen, FC 0.338
Anthony Carter, PG 0.333
Pau Gasol, FC 0.271
Trevor Ariza, SF 0.236
Andrew Bynum, C 0.219
Chauncey Billups, PG 0.200
Linas Kleiza, SF 0.186
Jordan Farmar, PG 0.178
J.R. Smith, SG 0.124
Nene, C 0.100
Dahntay Jones, SG 0.069
Kobe Bryant, SG 0.058
Derek Fisher, PG 0.052
Carmelo Anthony, SF 0.048
Sasha Vujacic, SG 0.046
Luke Walton, SF 0.023

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