Month: December 2014

Charlotte Hornets-Atlanta Hawks: How the Hawks ran wild in the first half versus Charlotte

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Saturday, November 29th in the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia. The Charlotte Hornets (4-13) who were currently riding on an abysmal eight game losing streak were set to take on the (8-6) Atlanta Hawks. The Hornets had come into this game with ongoing speculations that the team was willing to trade everyone except for Kemba Walker and Al Jefferson unless things improved. This performance did not help any efforts. Atlanta came out the gates and had run wild from the start to open up to a 64-28 halftime lead. Atlanta had made 10 of their first 11 three-point attempts. It was all over for the Hornets at that point who would go on to lose 105-75 as well as drop to 4-14 and last place in the Southeast division. In this breakdown, I will show how the Charlotte Hornets struggled to contain the Atlanta Hawk’s offense, alongside their consistent struggles on the other end.

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The concept and innovations of “Moreyball”

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Last season, the Houston Rockets– after obtaining elite low-post star Dwight Howard– seemed prime to make some noise in a fierce Western Conference. While the Rockets made the improvements on paper, they had fallen short of what should have been a remarkable season. While many other teams would be content with a 54-28 regular season record, Houston was not. The Rockets did not plan for their season to end in a one-and-done showing in the playoffs in dramatic fashion from being a Damian Lillard missed buzzer-beating shot away from forcing a game 7. However, Lillard made the shot, thus ending Houston’s season. But now, the new season is among us, moves have been made, and a progressing system is the new talk. A system based around analytics–thanks to analytic enthusiast Daryl Morey–and Houston’s new personnel. A system that fits today’s landscape ideally. More importantly, a system that emphasizes efficiency through the shots taken by the players.

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