With the NBA on hiatus for at least 30 days, I'll be coping by posting an article every day with 30 random/interesting facts from each of the 30 teams. Hopefully, the season will resume when I hit publish on the Wizards' article.
Day 14:
Los Angeles Lakers
Stats are mostly from Cleaning the Glass, but also RotoWire, NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.
- Kyle Kuzma is in just the 16th percentile with 105.2 points per 100 shot attempts.
- LeBron James is assisted on just 30% of his made shots -- the lowest mark of his career.
- LeBron James has only 23 corner three attempts this season.
- LeBron James makes the shot on 37.4% of his drawn shooting fouls -- in the 93rd percentile for forwards.
- Anthony Davis has been assisted on all of his made threes this season.
- Anthony Davis takes 41% of his field goals from the mid range -- the 92nd percentile for bigs. However, he's only an average mid-range shooter -- in the 50th percentile at 39%.
- For his position, Anthony Davis is in the 88th percentile for block rate (3.6%) and in the 89th percentile for steal rate (1.8%), but he only commits a foul on 2.8% of team plays (88th percentile), which is a rare combination of defensive aggressiveness without fouling.
- Anthony Davis' point differential is just -0.2. Opponents add 3.2 more points per 100 possessions through transition plays when he's on the court, which is in the second percentile.
- Kyle Kuzma is 49% (25-of-51) from the corner.
- Alex Caruso is just 14% (8-of-56) from the mid range.
- Alex Caruso has the third-highest point differential (+4.6) on the team. Opponents score 2.4 fewer points per 100 possessions through transition plays when he's on the court, which is in the 94th percentile.
- Anthony Davis and LeBron James are both in the 98th+ percentile for their respective positions in terms of drawing non-shooting fouls. Davis draws one on 4.0% of team plays, while James draws one on 2.6% of team plays.
- Dwight Howard is in the 98th percentile for his position in both drawing shooting fouls and drawing non-shooting fouls. He's hacked on 26.2% of shot attempts, plus draws a non-shooting foul on 3.6% of team plays.
- Dwight Howard has the third-highest offensive rebounding rate (14.6%) in the NBA.
- Alex Caruso has a steal rate of 2.5%, which is in the 98th percentile for combo guards.
- Danny Green has the second-highest point differential on the Lakers (+5.5) behind LeBron James (+12.0).
- Rajon Rondo has the worst point differential (-6.8) on the Lakers of anyone who has seen 400+ minutes.
- The Lakers score 5.2 more points per 100 halfcourt plays with JaVale McGee on the court -- the second-highest mark on the team behind LeBron James.
- The Lakers add 1.8 points per 100 possessions through transition plays with Kentavious Caldwell-Pope on the court -- the highest mark on the team and in the 89th percentile.
- Out of all Lakers lineups that have played 100+ possessions together, the best is +38.7 and contains Rajon Rondo, Alex Caruso, LeBron James, Kyle Kuzma and Dwight Howard. The worst is -0.7 and contains Avery Bradley, Danny Green, LeBron James, Anthony Davis and Dwight Howard.
- The Lakers are 1.7 points better on defense with Anthony Davis at center compared to power forward, but they're 2.1 points worse on offense.
- Lakers small-ball lineups -- no Anthony Davis, Dwight Howard, JaVale McGee -- have a +2.5 net rating in a 157-possession sample.
- The Lakers have the second-best point differential (+7.1) in the NBA. However, they have 4.1 more wins than expected based on point differential -- the second most in the league.
- At home against bottom-10 point differential teams, the Lakers have the second-best net rating (+18.5) and spread differential (+6.9).
- On the road against top-10 point differential teams, the Lakers have the best net rating (+4.0) -- high enough to be at a 51-win pace if they only played away games against top-10 teams.
- The Lakers have the best point differential (+14.9) on back-to-backs.
- Since the All-Star break, the Lakers have the best defense (101.6) but the sixth-worst offense (109.3).
- The Lakers take the second-most shots at the rim (39.7% of team attempts) in the league, and they're the most accurate team from that spot (68.9%).
- The Lakers have the second-best three-point defense (34.7%).
- The Lakers add 2.1 points per 100 possessions through transition plays off of live rebounds -- the most in the league.