I was surpirsed at the minutes played reading the boxscore today. It didn't seem that bad watching the game last night. The struggle didn't really surprise me all that much. I thought the second unit opened it up a bit in the second.

Until reading the actual minutes played, I was thinking Flip had done a decent job rotation-wise minus AJ not getting back in.

I like how he has let AA guard Kobe and Wade. I wish he would get over the phobia of having Stuckey/AA & Amir/Max playing together.

If Amir played 7 more minutes (And there was nothing to suggest he was the root of all evil out there) Dyess could have only run for 30. Give Max 2 more and it's 28. I don't think that is a lot to ask. I didn't have a problem with Sheed's PT. He didn't play that, that much.

Miami is one motley crew up front.

With Boston only being 7 - 6 in the last thirteen games before they beat the Clippers last night and with us now being only 4 games back of the Celtics in the loss column, I think Flipper did not want to let this one slip away.

The Celtics have played 4 more home games than road games and we have played 5 more road games than home games. We are playing very well at home this year 18-4 so we might actually be only a game or two behind them once the home and road games balance out.

For those that believe that home court advantage does matter, we did not want to let yesterday's game slip away.

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That is a good way to look at it. By using your method, I calculate that the Pistons are 3 games back vs. the 5 games back that the standings indicate.

Celtics home record is .840, their road record is .762. So the average between them is .801. .801 x 47 games = 37.6 wins

Pistons home record is .818, our road recored is .654. So our average between them is .736. .736 x 47 games = 34.6 wins.


Garnett being out was probably offset by the games that our starters missed earlier in the year.

The standings show the Pistons are 3 games back, not 5 games back. You confused me.

Oh, you're right. I calculated 1/2 games in the wrong direction.

So, I guess the conclusion is that we are 3 games back in the standings... and after you adjust for the home court/ away mix, we are still 3 games back. That makes sense, since Boston's home record and away record (on a % basis) are both better than ours.

What a waste of time.

LOL. Good analysis!!

I believe that we are 3 back not 5 and 4 in the loss column.

I don't believe that the PECOTA logic applies here.

It seems to me that we pick up two games on Boston once the home and away evens out. Boston's road record is way above what it should be. I believe that it will come down before the year is over.

We shall see.

Why should their road record be wose than it is?

They do. Check out their boards sometimes.

The Celtics actually play their bench so BOS doesn't have much to complain about. They stick to hating on Doc River, and his idiotic playcalling.

Most Suns fans despise that D'Antonio overplays their starters to death, blame him for coming up short due to fatigue, and hate their rotation. They also belive Nash will eventually die of fatigue.



edited to add;

In response to Warthog's post why does it have to be either or?. Yea Stuck got minutes, but AJ doesn't play back-up PG.