stat i heard during todays post game interviews

[Miekenstien]

i think i heard that we are the best team in the last 5 minutes of close games? can't even remember what interview it was. anyone else catch it?

[Miekenstien]

i found it again, 1:30 mark. lead the league in wins in close games with 5 minutes to go or less? what the hell is that about? anyone have any details or breakdowns?

[Axel]

i found it again, 1:30 mark. lead the league in wins in close games with 5 minutes to go or less? what the hell is that about? anyone have any details or breakdowns?

Will investigate shortly but sounds like a weird stat. If it's total wins (as opposed to %) then it just as likely shows how we play down to opponents as anything else.

I'll see what I can dig up on BBRef.

[DanH]

http://stats.nba.com/league/team/#!/.../?sort=W&dir=1

Top in wins, 3rd in W%. 3rd in total clutch games played, but there's not much spread there, half the league or so between 40 and 50 clutch games played.

[Miekenstien]

so it doesn't look so bad then. nice to be ahead of every east team. indiana at 54% in 51 tries.

[GLF]

http://stats.nba.com/league/team/#!/.../?sort=W&dir=1

Top in wins, 3rd in W%. 3rd in total clutch games played, but there's not much spread there, half the league or so between 40 and 50 clutch games played.

Well that's good to know because I always feel like we do so much foolishness down the stretch of close games. It's crazy that we win most of them

[Machine]

There seems to have been a number of games that we have been up by double digits this season only to have our leads squandered at the end of the game with us clinging to life with a slight lead as the buzzer sounds. In these cases it doesn't seem like it was anything we did right at the end to win it. We just didn't do enough wrong to lose it as bad as we were.

[Machine]

There seems to have been a number of games that we have been up by double digits this season only to have our leads squandered at the end of the game with us clinging to life with a slight lead as the buzzer sounds. In these cases it doesn't seem like it was anything we did right at the end to win it. We just didn't do enough wrong to lose it as bad as we were.

But then again I guess 5 minutes is a long time to have a close score and still win. What is considered a close game btw?

[Axel]

But then again I guess 5 minutes is a long time to have a close score and still win. What is considered a close game btw?

Usually 5 points or less (for stats purposes).

[Machine]

Usually 5 points or less (for stats purposes).

Ah so we must be doing something right.

[Axel]

Weirdly enough, we are 14-26 in games decided by 5 points or less this year.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/...r_by=date_game

[ogi]

Weirdly enough, we are 14-26 in games decided by 5 points or less this year.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/...r_by=date_game

How? We only have 26 losses for the whole year.

[Barolt]

Weirdly enough, we are 14-26 in games decided by 5 points or less this year.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/...r_by=date_game

http://www.basketball-reference.com/...r_by=date_game

You forgot to qualify no losses by more than 5 points.

Record is actually 14-11 in those games.

[Axel]

http://www.basketball-reference.com/...r_by=date_game

You forgot to qualify no losses by more than 5 points.

Record is actually 14-11 in those games.

Touche. Guess it's much less "weird" now

[Chr1s1anL]

The privilege of having a clutch backcourt