Spoiler Protection Pet: Shadow
I asked my cat, Shadow, what she thought of the season so far. — Cedric
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.
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Game 5 wrap: Warriors beat Kuminga Wolves; Steph explodes for 44-8-6; Yaxel adds 26
Of course they made it Always Close Enough To Hurt™
Official Box Score
The official Always Close Enough To Hurt™ audit
Here is a home-grown graph of the game win probability tonight. 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.
Steph went Steph in Q2 and we didn’t know it but the game was over. However, the Warriors let the Wolves almost all the way back into the game (it was down to a 3 point lead in the last minute). But even though emotionally it was Always Close Enough To Hurt™, in reality, GSW was in completely control.
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
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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 liked the part where they won the game.
I predict that if Curry gets 16 FTA/game here on out, the Dubs are going to have a great season.