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Sometimes there is a hangover from a banner-raising ceremony. The Heat found that out on Halloween five years ago. After a spirited pregame ceremony at AmericanAirlines Arena commemorated Miami's first NBA crown, Dwyane Wade and company found themselves playing in an actual game against the up-and-coming Chicago Bulls. The Bulls ran Miami off the floor by a score of 108-66.
Fast forward to last night, when Mavericks owner Mark Cuban lorded over the pregame celebration of Dallas' first championship. The game was almost anticlimactic, and the latest up-and-coming Bulls squad was ready to go. There was no blowout this time, but reigning MVP Derrick Rose poured in 41 points to lead Chicago to the Opening Night win. The new season is here, Mavericks fans.
Elsewhere, highly-touted rookies Alec Burks and Enes Kanter made their NBA debuts for the Utah Jazz, who are looking to rebound from a terrible 2010-11 season. The rookies did fine, but it was veteran Al Jefferson who led Utah's rout of the Houston Rockets. In Los Angeles, Derek Fisher was back where he is supposed to be--on the court, in the Lakers' starting lineup, not in some banquet room at a hotel in New York. LA was taking on the Thunder, which may be the favorite to win the West this season. Despite a big game from OKC's Kevin Durant, the Lakers were able to overcome a poor outing from Kobe Bryant.
Anyway, that's how it all played out on the first night of Sim Season, our simulation of the locked out 2011-12 season. Along with our partners at Strat-O-Matic, we'll be doing this every day, so check back tomorrow for the results of the first full slate of action. You can follow me on Twitter for periodic updates on the night's action. Watch for the #simseason hashtag.
BULLS 107, MAVERICKS 103: In a back-and-forth game, the Ronnie Brewer led a late Bulls charge with three straight baskets, two in transition, to give Chicago control. Brewer started at two-guard for Tom Thibodeau and did a nice job, scoring 14 points in just seven shots. However, it was Rose that dominated the game with 41 highly-efficient points in 36 minutes. Bulls fans will be most heartened by his 21 free-throw attempts--a trend that bodes well for Chicago should it continue. The defending champs got five three-pointers from Jason Kidd, but couldn't overcome Dirk Nowitzki's 3-for-15 night.
STRAT-O-MATIC BOX SCORE
CHICAGO 28 20 32 27 107
DALLAS 29 21 27 26 103
----FG--- ---3PT--- ---FT--- REBOUNDS
NAME MIN MD AT PCT MD AT PCT MD AT PCT +/- OF DF T AS PF ST TO BK PTS
L.DENG 41 3 9 33 0 0 2 2 100 7 2 5 7 2 2 2 1 0 8
D.ROSE 36 10 16 62 2 6 33 19 21 90 11 0 2 2 6 4 0 4 0 41
C.BOOZER 31 7 13 54 0 0 2 4 50 9 2 6 8 1 4 1 2 0 16
R.BREWER 29 6 7 86 0 0 2 2 100 6 1 2 3 3 1 1 3 1 14
J.NOAH 33 4 9 44 0 0 3 6 50 7 1 7 8 3 3 3 0 2 11
T.GIBSON 19 3 8 38 0 1 0 0 0 -4 0 5 5 1 2 1 1 0 6
K.KORVER 9 2 3 67 2 2 100 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 6
K.BOGANS 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 -6 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
O.ASIK 13 1 2 50 0 0 1 2 50 -4 2 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 3
C.WATSON 12 1 3 33 0 1 0 0 0 -7 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 2
J.BUTLER 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
CHICAGO 48 37 72 51 4 10 40 29 37 78 8 32 40 20 19 8 12 4 107
----FG--- ---3PT--- ---FT--- REBOUNDS
NAME MIN MD AT PCT MD AT PCT MD AT PCT +/- OF DF T AS PF ST TO BK PTS
J.KIDD 30 5 9 56 5 9 56 1 1 100 -4 0 2 2 6 6 1 2 0 16
J.TERRY 33 3 11 27 1 4 25 0 0 -11 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 7
D.NOWITZKI 29 3 15 20 0 0 9 9 100 -5 0 7 7 1 4 0 2 0 15
S.MARION 38 9 16 56 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 5 9 2 3 1 1 2 18
T.CHANDLER 35 7 11 64 0 0 4 5 80 -4 2 7 9 0 1 1 2 2 18
J.BAREA 28 7 12 58 2 4 50 2 2 100 7 0 3 3 10 4 0 1 0 18
B.HAYWOOD 18 1 1 100 0 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 0 1 0 2 0 2
P.STOJAKOVIC 9 1 2 50 0 1 0 0 0 -5 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 2
I.MAHINMI 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 100 -1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2
R.FERNANDEZ 18 2 2 100 1 1 100 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 5
DALLAS 48 38 79 48 9 20 45 18 21 86 7 28 35 23 25 5 12 4 103
TEAM STATISTICS
CHICAGO DALLAS
Fast Break Pts 14 Fast Break Pts 14
Second Chance Pts 7 Second Chance Pts 5
Points in the Paint 30 Points In the Paint 16
Biggest Lead 10 Biggest Lead 11
BASKETBALL PROSPECTUS BOX SCORE
CHI (1-0)......... PLY% USG PCP +/- GR DAL (0-1)......... PLY% USG PCP +/- GR
rose,derrick.........75% 39% 1.28 +11 40.1 barea,jose...........58% 24% 1.67 + 7 23.5
boozer,carlos........65% 26% 0.92 + 9 16.2 kidd,jason...........63% 18% 1.82 - 4 20.7
brewer,ronnie........60% 17% 1.41 + 6 15.6 marion,shawn.........79% 22% 1.07 + 19.4
noah,joakim..........69% 16% 1.26 + 7 14.8 chandler,tyson.......73% 20% 1.18 - 4 18.1
deng,luol............85% 11% 1.01 + 7 10.7 nowitzki,dirk........60% 35% 0.63 - 5 13.6
gibson,taj...........40% 22% 0.77 - 4 7.2 terry,jason..........69% 17% 0.66 -11 7.9
korver,kyle..........19% 15% 2.25 + 5 6.8 fernandez,rudy.......38% 4% 3.88 + 4 6.9
watson,c.j...........25% 11% 1.55 - 7 4.5 haywood,brendan......38% 7% 0.83 - 1 2.2
asik,omer............27% 13% 1.02 - 4 3.9 mahinmi,ian.......... 4% 21% 1.86 - 1 1.7
butler,jimmy.........13% 8% 0.46 - 4 0.5 stojakovic,peja......19% 15% 0.56 - 5 1.7
bogans,keith.........23% 7% 0.00 - 6 0.0 beaubois,rodrigue....(DNP)
pargo,jannero........(DNP) jones,dominique......(DNP)
PACE: 89.0 ORTG eFG% oRB% TO% FTA% PACE: 89.0 ORTG eFG% oRB% TO% FTA%
Bulls............ 120.2 .542 .222 .135 .183 Mavericks........ 115.7 .538 .179 .135 .104
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JAZZ 115, ROCKETS 94: The Jazz dominated the glass and the paint, spoiling the Rockets debut of new coach Kevin McHale. Alec Burks scored 14 points in his first NBA game for Utah and fellow newcomer Enes Kantner added 12 of 4-for-5 shooting. Marcus Morris scored just two points in 19 minutes for Houston.
STRAT-O-MATIC BOX SCORE
HOUSTON 24 23 12 35 94
UTAH 25 36 23 31 115
----FG--- ---3PT--- ---FT--- REBOUNDS
NAME MIN MD AT PCT MD AT PCT MD AT PCT +/- OF DF T AS PF ST TO BK PTS
K.MARTIN 35 6 17 35 4 11 36 9 10 90 -13 0 0 0 2 4 0 1 0 25
K.LOWRY 35 2 8 25 1 5 20 1 1 100 -3 0 1 1 7 3 1 0 1 6
L.SCOLA 28 4 12 33 0 0 5 6 83 -5 4 11 15 1 5 0 1 2 13
C.HAYES 30 4 8 50 0 0 1 2 50 -9 1 4 5 1 3 1 2 2 9
C.BUDINGER 34 4 11 36 3 8 38 4 4 100 -16 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 15
C.LEE 15 1 5 20 0 2 0 0 0 -5 0 5 5 0 4 0 1 0 2
G.DRAGIC 13 2 6 33 1 3 33 0 0 -18 3 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 5
J.HILL 12 5 7 71 0 0 0 0 -6 2 3 5 0 4 0 2 1 10
P.PATTERSON 16 3 6 50 0 0 1 2 50 -6 1 3 4 0 2 0 0 1 7
H.THABEET 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -7 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
M.MORRIS 19 1 3 33 0 1 0 0 0 -17 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 2
HOUSTON 48 32 83 39 9 30 30 21 25 84 11 28 39 14 29 4 11 8 94
----FG--- ---3PT--- ---FT--- REBOUNDS
NAME MIN MD AT PCT MD AT PCT MD AT PCT +/- OF DF T AS PF ST TO BK PTS
A.JEFFERSON 35 12 24 50 0 0 1 2 50 4 5 11 16 2 3 0 3 0 25
P.MILLSAP 26 2 5 40 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 5 7 2 5 0 0 0 4
D.HARRIS 27 5 8 62 2 2 100 10 11 91 12 0 3 3 8 5 0 0 1 22
G.HAYWARD 33 4 6 67 0 1 0 0 0 8 1 1 2 6 2 0 1 0 8
A.BURKS 23 5 12 42 0 0 4 4 100 10 0 3 3 2 5 1 2 0 14
R.BELL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
A.KIRILENKO 14 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 100 20 0 4 4 2 0 1 1 1 2
C.MILES 16 6 13 46 1 4 25 2 2 100 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 15
E.WATSON 21 1 5 20 0 3 0 4 4 100 9 0 1 1 4 3 0 1 0 6
D.FAVORS 17 3 6 50 0 0 0 1 0 10 3 5 8 0 1 0 1 1 6
M.OKUR 14 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 50 11 1 2 3 0 1 1 1 0 1
E.KANTER 11 4 5 80 0 0 4 6 67 12 2 2 4 0 2 0 0 0 12
UTAH 48 42 88 48 3 10 30 28 36 78 15 39 54 28 27 3 10 3 115
TEAM STATISTICS
HOUSTON UTAH
Fast Break Pts 18 Fast Break Pts 8
Second Chance Pts 14 Second Chance Pts 15
Points in the Paint 26 Points In the Paint 40
Biggest Lead 5 Biggest Lead 28
BASKETBALL PROSPECTUS BOX SCORE
HOU (0-1)......... PLY% USG PCP +/- GR UTA (1-0)......... PLY% USG PCP +/- GR
martin,kevin.........73% 29% 1.04 -13 23.9 jefferson,al.........73% 35% 0.98 + 4 25.6
budinger,chase.......71% 18% 1.27 -16 17.1 harris,devin.........56% 19% 2.14 +12 24.2
scola,luis...........58% 25% 0.94 - 5 14.9 miles,c.j............33% 38% 1.09 + 1 14.2
lowry,kyle...........73% 9% 1.45 - 3 10.9 burks,alec...........48% 29% 0.85 +10 12.3
hayes,chuck..........63% 15% 0.92 - 9 9.6 hayward,gordon.......69% 7% 2.17 + 8 10.8
hill,jordan..........25% 35% 0.96 - 6 9.0 kanter,enes..........23% 30% 1.45 +12 10.2
patterson,patrick....33% 19% 0.98 - 6 6.7 favors,derrick.......35% 17% 1.12 +10 7.4
dragic,goran.........27% 20% 0.92 -18 5.5 watson,earl..........44% 14% 1.06 + 9 6.9
morris,marcus........40% 13% 0.37 -17 2.1 millsap,paul.........54% 7% 1.23 + 1 5.3
lee,courtney.........31% 17% 0.32 - 5 1.9 kirilenko,andrei.....29% 10% 1.52 +20 4.6
thabeet,hasheem...... 6% 17% 0.00 - 7 0.0 okur,mehmet..........29% 10% 0.57 +11 1.7
flynn,jonny..........(DNP) bell,raja............ 6% 16% 0.95 + 7 1.0
PACE: 92.6 ORTG eFG% oRB% TO% FTA% PACE: 92.6 ORTG eFG% oRB% TO% FTA%
Rockets.......... 101.6 .440 .220 .119 .119 Jazz............. 124.2 .494 .349 .108 .171
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LAKERS 107, THUNDER 104: The contrast of styles was on full display as the Lakers outscored Oklahoma City 38-20 in the paint under new coach Mike Brown, but the high-flying Thunder had a 30-10 edge in transition. The game was decided at the line, where OKC uncharacteristically missed eight times. Russell Westbrook picked up where he left off in last year's playoffs by hoisting up 27 shots, making just seven. Kobe Bryant was 5-of-19 for LA, but Andrew Bynum scored 19 points off the bench for the Lakers. The Thunder led 90-88 with 6:46 to go before an eight-point Lakers run that featured back-to-back threes from Matt Barnes and Steve Blake and a layup from Bynum.
STRAT-O-MATIC BOX SCORE
OKLAHOMA CITY 36 12 34 22 104
LOS ANGELES L 24 30 21 32 107
----FG--- ---3PT--- ---FT--- REBOUNDS
NAME MIN MD AT PCT MD AT PCT MD AT PCT +/- OF DF T AS PF ST TO BK PTS
K.DURANT 42 12 19 63 5 7 71 7 8 88 1 0 6 6 5 2 0 2 0 36
R.WESTBROOK 37 7 27 26 1 2 50 6 10 60 8 4 2 6 12 1 2 0 0 21
S.IBAKA 34 2 7 29 0 0 2 2 100 18 5 4 9 1 3 2 1 4 6
T.SEFOLOSHA 13 4 4 100 1 1 100 0 0 6 0 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 9
K.PERKINS 23 4 6 67 0 0 0 0 11 1 6 7 1 3 0 1 3 8
J.HARDEN 27 5 6 83 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 5 7 1 3 1 3 1 10
N.COLLISON 20 1 2 50 0 0 1 2 50 -27 1 1 2 2 3 0 1 1 3
N.MOHAMMED 18 3 10 30 0 0 1 2 50 -4 3 6 9 2 0 0 0 0 7
E.MAYNOR 10 1 4 25 0 1 0 0 0 -12 0 0 0 1 2 1 3 0 2
D.COOK 14 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 -14 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0
C.ALDRICH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
R.JACKSON 1 1 1 100 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
OKLAHOMA CI 48 40 89 45 7 13 54 17 25 68 16 32 48 26 24 6 12 9 104
----FG--- ---3PT--- ---FT--- REBOUNDS
NAME MIN MD AT PCT MD AT PCT MD AT PCT +/- OF DF T AS PF ST TO BK PTS
P.GASOL 36 8 18 44 0 0 9 12 75 18 2 7 9 2 1 0 2 0 25
K.BRYANT 31 5 19 26 1 4 25 6 8 75 -9 0 1 1 4 4 1 1 0 17
L.ODOM 33 5 14 36 0 3 0 0 0 -15 5 8 13 2 3 1 1 0 10
R.ARTEST 24 4 8 50 2 4 50 0 0 -22 2 1 3 1 3 0 0 0 10
D.FISHER 24 4 8 50 1 2 50 3 3 100 -8 0 3 3 1 3 1 1 0 12
S.BLAKE 19 1 3 33 1 2 50 0 0 3 0 4 4 6 2 0 3 0 3
S.BROWN 19 1 3 33 0 0 0 0 11 1 2 3 3 0 2 0 0 2
A.BYNUM 29 7 10 70 0 0 5 7 71 9 4 5 9 1 4 1 0 2 19
M.BARNES 19 3 4 75 2 2 100 1 2 50 11 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 9
D.CARACTER 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
D.EBANKS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
T.RATLIFF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
LOS ANGELES 48 38 87 44 7 17 41 24 32 75 15 34 49 21 20 6 8 2 107
TEAM STATISTICS
OKLAHOMA CITY LOS ANGELES L
Fast Break Pts 30 Fast Break Pts 10
Second Chance Pts 12 Second Chance Pts 18
Points in the Paint 20 Points In the Paint 38
Biggest Lead 16 Biggest Lead 11
BASKETBALL PROSPECTUS BOX SCORE
OKC (0-1)......... PLY% USG PCP +/- GR LAL (1-0)......... PLY% USG PCP +/- GR
durant,kevin.........88% 25% 1.67 + 1 35.7 gasol,pau............75% 31% 1.00 +18 23.6
westbrook,russell....77% 38% 0.96 + 8 27.3 bynum,andrew.........60% 19% 1.59 + 9 18.3
harden,james.........56% 13% 1.35 + 1 10.2 bryant,kobe..........65% 34% 0.75 - 9 16.6
mohammed,nazr........38% 26% 0.98 - 4 9.4 odom,lamar...........69% 19% 0.98 -15 13.0
ibaka,serge..........71% 9% 1.33 +18 8.7 fisher,derek.........50% 18% 1.25 - 8 11.3
perkins,kendrick.....48% 11% 1.60 +11 8.6 artest,ron...........50% 13% 1.56 -22 10.4
sefolosha,thabo......27% 11% 2.03 + 6 6.3 barnes,matt..........40% 9% 2.74 +11 10.4
collison,nick........42% 6% 1.45 -27 3.6 blake,steve..........40% 12% 1.62 + 3 8.0
maynor,eric..........21% 31% 0.32 -12 2.0 brown,shannon........40% 4% 2.90 +11 5.4
jackson,reggie....... 2% 46% 1.69 + 1 1.6 ratliff,theo......... 2% 50% 0.26 + 4 0.3
cook,daequan.........29% 10% 0.22 -14 0.7 caracter,derrick..... 2% 50% 0.00 + 4 0.0
aldrich,cole......... 2% 50% 0.00 - 4 0.0 ratliff,theo.........(DNP)
PACE: 91.2 ORTG eFG% oRB% TO% FTA% PACE: 91.2 ORTG eFG% oRB% TO% FTA%
Thunder.......... 114.0 .489 .320 .132 .121 Lakers........... 117.3 .477 .319 .088 .154
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DAILY STRAT RECAP
SCORING AVERAGE REBOUNDS⁄GAME FIELD GOAL PCT
TEAM WON LOST ------------------- ------------------- -------------------
TOR 0 0 D.ROSE CHI 41.0 A.JEFFERS UTA 16.0 T.SEFOLOS OKC1.000
PHI 0 0 K.DURANT OKC 36.0 L.SCOLA HOU 15.0 R.BREWER CHI .857
NYK 0 0 A.JEFFERS UTA 25.0 L.ODOM LAL 13.0 J.HARDEN OKC .833
NJN 0 0 K.MARTIN HOU 25.0 A.BYNUM LAL 9.0 E.KANTER UTA .800
BOS 0 0 P.GASOL LAL 25.0 N.MOHAMME OKC 9.0 J.HILL HOU .714
TEAM WON LOST
CHI 1 0 FREE THROW PCT THREE POINT PCT ASSISTS⁄GAME
MIL 0 0 ------------------- ------------------- -------------------
IND 0 0 A.BURKS UTA1.000 D.HARRIS UTA1.000 R.WESTBRO OKC 12.0
DET 0 0 A.KIRILEN UTA1.000 K.KORVER CHI1.000 J.BAREA DAL 10.0
CLE 0 0 C.MILES UTA1.000 M.BARNES LAL1.000 D.HARRIS UTA 8.0
TEAM WON LOST C.BUDINGE HOU1.000 R.FERNAND DAL1.000 K.LOWRY HOU 7.0
WAS 0 0 D.FISHER LAL1.000 T.SEFOLOS OKC1.000 D.ROSE CHI 6.0
ORL 0 0
MIA 0 0 STEALS⁄GAME TURNOVERS⁄GAME BLOCKS⁄GAME
CHA 0 0 ------------------- ------------------- -------------------
ATL 0 0 J.NOAH CHI 3.0 D.ROSE CHI 4.0 S.IBAKA OKC 4.0
TEAM WON LOST C.BUDINGE HOU 2.0 A.JEFFERS UTA 3.0 K.PERKINS OKC 3.0
SAS 0 0 L.DENG CHI 2.0 E.MAYNOR OKC 3.0 A.BYNUM LAL 2.0
NOH 0 0 R.WESTBRO OKC 2.0 J.HARDEN OKC 3.0 C.HAYES HOU 2.0
MEM 0 0 S.IBAKA OKC 2.0 M.MORRIS HOU 3.0 J.NOAH CHI 2.0
HOU 0 1
DAL 0 1
TEAM WON LOST
UTA 1 0
POR 0 0
MIN 0 0
DEN 0 0
OKC 0 1
TEAM WON LOST
LAL 1 0
SAC 0 0
PHX 0 0
LAC 0 0
GSW 0 0
DATE YESTERDAY'S SCORES HIGH POINTS HIGH REBOUNDS HIGH ASSISTS
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11⁄1 CHI 107 @ DAL 103 D.ROSE 41 Multiple 9 J.BAREA 10
11⁄1 UTA 115 vs HOU 94 Multiple 25 A.JEFFERSON 16 D.HARRIS 8
11⁄1 LAL 107 vs OKC 104 K.DURANT 36 L.ODOM 13 R.WESTBROOK 12
TODAY'S SCHEDULED GAMES
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ATLANTA (0-0) at MINNESOTA (0-0)
CHARLOTTE (0-0) at ORLANDO (0-0)
CHICAGO (1-0) at NEW ORLEANS (0-0)
CLEVELAND (0-0) at BOSTON (0-0)
HOUSTON (0-1) at SACRAMENTO (0-0)
INDIANA (0-0) at DETROIT (0-0)
LOS ANGELES L (1-0) at GOLDEN STATE (0-0)
MEMPHIS (0-0) at LOS ANGELES C (0-0)
MIAMI (0-0) at NEW YORK (0-0)
MILWAUKEE (0-0) at SAN ANTONIO (0-0)
NEW JERSEY (0-0) at WASHINGTON (0-0)
OKLAHOMA CITY (0-1) at PHOENIX (0-0)
PHILADELPHIA (0-0) at TORONTO (0-0)
GLOSSARY
+/- (Plus-Minus) Raw data is from official box scores from NBA.com.
GR (Game Rating) Reflects a player's Points Created total, or the portion of his team's offense for which he gets credit based on his box score line. This number is then adjusted for estimated defensive performance based on box score counterpart productivity. GR is pace-adjusted so you can compare players from game to game.
PCP (Points Created Per Possession Used) An estimate of each player's points created per possession used, a measure of offensive efficiency. The stat accounts for a player's entire box score line, not just the scoring categories.
PLY% (Play percentage) An estimate of the percentage of a team's possessions on which the player was on the court.
USG An estimate of how many of those plays a player used by shooting, going to the line or committing a turnover, with a portion the team's offensive rebound total subtracted.
TEAM STATS
PACE: Estimated possessions in the game.
ORTG: A team's points per 100 possessions.
eFG%: Team's shooting percentage with an extra half-point added for each made three-point field goal.
oRB%: Percentage of a team's misses that they retrieved off the offensive glass.
TO%: Percentage of a team's possessions resulting in a turnover.
FTA%: Percentage of a team's possessions resulting in a trip to the foul line.
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