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 Nine:
Detroit Pistons
Stats are mostly from Cleaning the Glass, but also RotoWire, NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.
- Blake Griffin's 95.5 points per 100 shot attempts -- the lowest of his career -- is in the sixth percentile for bigs. He shot just 55% at the rim this season, which is in the ninth percentile.
- 55% of Blake Griffin's shots were unassisted -- one of the highest marks for bigs (99th percentile). He's been in the 90th-plus percentile since 2016-17, and the increase in unassisted shots has correlated strongly with a decrease in effective field-goal percentage through his career.
- Four players on the Pistons are in the 90th-plus percentile for their position in assist percentage: Tim Frazier (37.9%), Blake Griffin (18.5%), Derrick Rose (37.2%), Luke Kennard (18.4%). However, Frazier is also in the last percentile in turnover rate (20.5%).
- Sekou Doumbouya averages just 0.9 assists per 36 minutes.
- Sekou Doumbouya makes the shot on 32.0% of the shooting fouls that he draws -- in the 87th percentile for forwards.
- Bruce Brown takes 51% of his shots at the rim, which is in the 98th percentile for combo guards.
- Brandon Knight has one made shot at the rim with the Pistons this season. With Detroit, he's taken 80% of his shots from three -- in the 100th percentile for point guards.
- Derrick Rose is shooting 47% from floater range, ranking in the 91st percentile for point guards. It's the second-most accurate he's been from that spot in his career.
- Opponents shoot 3.9% better from three when Langston Galloway is on the court -- the ninth percentile for wing players.
- Langston Galloway averages only 0.8 turnovers per 36 minutes.
- Langston Galloway is shooting 53% (68-of-128) from the corner -- the 96th percentile for wing players.
- Langston Galloway makes the shot on 40.6% of his drawn shooting fouls -- the 94th percentile for wings.
- Luke Kennard has hit 41% (58-of-141) of his non-corner threes, ranking in the 92nd percentile for wings.
- During each of his two seasons following his rookie campaign, Luke Kennard has increased his usage, points per shot attempt and assist rate.
- Thon Maker draws a foul on 19.7% of his shot attempts, which ranks in the 91st percentile for bigs.
- Detroit has three players in the 90th-plus percentile for non-shooting fouls drawn as a percentage of team plays: Blake Griffin (3.6%), Christian Wood (3.3%), Brandon Knight (3.6%).
- Christian Wood has the highest point differential (+11.0) of anyone on the Pistons who has seen at least 700 minutes. That difference ranks in the 96th percentile.
- Sekou Doumbouya has the lowest point differential (-13.3) of anyone of the Pistons who has seen at least 700 minutes. That difference ranks in the fifth percentile.
- When Sekou Doumbouya is on the court, opponents shoot 2.5% more long mid-range jumpers -- the 95th percentile in terms of forcing that shot.
- The Pistons converted 9.3 fewer points per 100 halfcourt possessions with Andre Drummond on the court -- the lowest mark on the team and in the seventh percentile.
- The Pistons allowed 21.3 more points per 100 transition plays with Andre Drummond on the court -- a difference ranking in the third percentile.
- Opponents score 15.2 fewer points per 100 transition plays with Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk on the court -- a difference that ranks in the 91st percentile.
- Out of all Pistons lineups that have seen 100+ possessions together, the best is +34.9 and contains Derrick Rose, Langston Galloway, Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk, Markieff Morris and Christian Wood. The worst is -21.1 and contains Bruce Brown, Langston Galloway, Luke Kennard, Blake Griffin and Andre Drummond.
- Detroit has played 72 small-ball possessions -- no Andre Drummond, Blake Griffin, Thon Maker, Christian Wood, John Henson -- for a net rating of -38.7.
- Detroit's big-ball lineups -- Andre Drummond and Christian Wood together -- were +5.9 in 554 possessions.
- The Pistons have 5.2 fewer wins than expected based on point differential -- the largest negative discrepancy in the NBA. They should be on pace for 31.4 victories.
- Detroit has the worst offense in the NBA on back-to-backs, scoring just 100.1 points per 100 possessions.
- Since the All-Star break, the Pistons have both the third-worst offense (108.2) and defense (118.4). However, they're top 11 in both offensive and defensive location effective field-goal percentage (54.2, 53.3).
- Since the break, the Pistons have the third-highest efficiency (145.8 points per 100 possessions) in transition plays off of live rebounds.
- Since the break, the Pistons have allowed the second-fewest opponent transition plays off of live rebounds (21.7%).