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 13:
Los Angeles Clippers
Stats are mostly from Cleaning the Glass, but also RotoWire, NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.
- Kawhi Leonard is the fourth-ranked fantasy player on a per-game basis in eight-category leagues.
- 51% of Kawhi Leonard's shot attempts come from the mid-range -- the 99th percentile for forwards.
- Kawhi Leonard only has 18 corner three attempts this season. However, he's made 10 for 56%.
- The Clippers have four players in the 90th+ percentile in usage rate for their respective positions: Kawhi Leonard (34.5%), Paul George (30.0%), Lou Williams (30.4%), Montrezl Harrell (22.6%). Meanwhile, Patrick Beverley is in the second percentile (14.4%) and Landry Shamet is in the last percentile (12.5%).
- 45% of Lou Williams' shot attempts come from the mid-range -- the 92nd percentile for combo guards.
- Paul George has made 55% of his corner threes (31-of-56).
- Montrezl Harrell is fouled on 20.3% of his shot attempts -- the 92nd percentile for bigs.
- The Clippers have three players in the 90th+ percentile for their position in terms of drawing non-shooting fouls: Kawhi Leonard (3.8% of team plays), Lou Williams (2.6%), Paul George (2.4%).
- Ivica Zubac leads the NBA in offensive rebound percentage (15.2) and grabs 5.2 offensive boards per 36 minutes.
- Ivica Zubac has the ninth-highest true shooting percentage (64.2) in the NBA.
- Ivica Zubac has the second-highest offensive rating (131.8) in the league.
- Ivica Zubac is fourth in the NBA in win shares per 48 minutes (.231)
- Lou Williams has the lowest point differential (-3.8) on the Clippers of players that have played at least 1,000 minutes and are still on the team.
- Landry Shamet adds the most points per 100 halfcourt plays (+4.3) of anyone on the Clippers.
- With Patrick Beverley on the court, opponents shoot 3.8% more long mid-range jumpers -- the 99th percentile in terms of forcing that shot.
- Patrick Beverley has the sixth-highest defensive box plus/minus (2.5) in the NBA.
- Out of all Clippers lineups that have seen 100+ possessions together, the best is +34.5 and contains Lou Williams, Landry Shamet, Reggie Jackson, JaMychal Green and Montrezl Harrell. The worst is -19.8 and replaces Jackson with Rodney McGruder.
- The Clippers' post-trade-deadline starting five -- Patrick Beverley, Paul George, Kawhi Leonard, Marcus Morris and Ivica Zubac -- has a +20.0 net rating in 250 possessions.
- The Clippers have a +9.9 net rating with both Paul George and Kawhi Leonard on the court.
- The Clippers have a +5.6 net rating with both Lou Williams and Montrezl Harrell on the court.
- The Clippers have a +15.7 net rating with Lou Williams, Paul George, Kawhi Leonard and Montrezl Harrell on the court.
- The Clippers have a +16.0 net rating with both Reggie Jackson and Marcus Morris on the court in 100 total possessions.
- The Clippers have the fourth-best point differential (+6.3) in the NBA.
- On the road against top-10 point differential teams, LA has the third-best point differential (-0.2).
- Since the All-Star break, the Clippers have the best point differential (+14.8) by 6.4 points. That's a bigger difference than the No. 2 team (Milwaukee) and No. 11 team (Miami). LA also has the third-best spread differential (+4.3) since the break.
- The Clippers make the most free throws per 100 field-goal attempts (23.7).
- LA allows the fourth-most corner threes (28.7%) in the league.
- The Clippers have a top-10 shot defense from every area of the court.
- LA allows the second-fewest points per 100 putback plays (94.8).
- LA allows the fifth-fewest transition plays (14.1%) in the NBA.
