Spoiler Protection Pet: Eddie
Eddie wouldn’t put on the Klay shirt so he is lounging tout nu in his golden glory. Notice those giant paws - no one can best him chasing and batting a ball on the hardwood. Love to all at DNHQ!
- Janet
Pet Picture Rotation
General offer to DNHQ: if you send me a tasteful picture of your loved animal, I will add it to the rotation of Game Wrap animal pictures.
Ideally, wearing DNHQ gear or Warriors gear, but having gear somewhere in the picture is great, or even without is okay.
No AI please.
Email to apricotan@gmail.com
Game 12 wrap: Dubs lose to Rockets; Steph injured; streak ends
All good things must end
Official Box Score
The official Always Close Enough To Hurt™ audit
Here is a home-grown graph of the game win probability tonight. The gray line is the actual score difference. The chart looks about right to me, but if you use this for anything important or anything bad like gambling, then you get what you get.
It looked hopeless with no Steph. But the Warriors showed never-quit guts and a full commitment to the corporate mission of Always Close Enough To Hurt™ and sliced it to a 2 point lead, then 3 in the 4th quarter and then 6. This maximized hope, which is the source of pain.
APRIBOX Scores
It’s okay if you don’t know what all these stats are. My high-strung computer calculates some rough advanced statistics for the game.1
Teal = better, blood orange = worse.
Warrior Wonder
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On Site Comments and Politics
Reminder that I do not want DNHQ to become a political discussion. Politics is much more important than basketball. These events should be discussed widely and people should call their Senators and Congresspeople, and organize locally, but there are much better places than here. This is a little corner of the internet to get away from that.
On to the next one…
AVG-Z = mean of the 4 z-scores (PIE, GmSc, VORP, DRE) · PIE = NBA Player Impact Estimate, share of team production · GmSc = Hollinger Game Score · VORP = value over replacement · DRE = daily regression estimate · +/- = on-court point differential · MIN = minutes · PTS = points · FGM/A, 3PM/A, FTM/A = FG/3PT/FT made–att · OR/DR = off./def. rebounds · AST/STL/BLK/TOV = assists/steals/blocks/turnovers · FD = fouls drawn on offense · OFD = offensive fouls drawn (charges) · PF = personal fouls · TS% = scoring efficiency incl. FTs · eFG% = FG% weighted for 3s · 3PAr = share of shots that are 3s · FTr = FTA/FGA rate · OR/DR/TR% = rebound shares · AST/STL/BLK/TOV/USG% = rate stats · ORTG/DRTG = pts per 100 poss · BPM = box plus-minus · xFG% = expected FG% on shots taken · xPTS = expected FG points · +xP = FG points over expected · FG%+ = FG% minus expected, in points · DxP = opponent FG pts over expected on shots defended (negative = good) · GRV = defensive attention drawn, on- and off-ball (tracking stats: NBA only; GRV for spotlight leaders)
I mean Marcus Smart. Damn. Bassey completely did not even react. Like a boss.
Udoka is a low IQ coach because every time the Dubs play his team, all he can use as a strategy to stop Steph is excessive physicality. I hate him and the players who follow his lead.
On the other hand, I love the Dubs. They’re a team and fought together. Shout out to Bassey for keeping a cool head.
ETA: Hope Steph’s okay.