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With this in mind, our “Trend of the Day” series features articles each weekday that walk subscribers through an important trend for that day’s slate of games, created with our Trends tool.
NBA Trend of the Day: The Return of Jae Crowder
If this were a larger slate, there would be good reason to forego Boston entirely rather than attempting to pin-point who is likely to benefit the most from the return of Jae Crowder. With a smaller slate, however, we have incentive to gain an edge wherever we can (even more so, that is, than if there were 10 games on hand). Let’s take a look at how the Celtics have fared with and without Crowder as of late.
Step 1: Team Filters > Team > Set “Boston Celtics”
Step 2: Time Filters > NBA Season > Set “2015-16”
Step 3: Time Filters > Game Number > Set “56 to 66”
(This time frame is the period after the All-Star Break in which Crowder was active.)
You’re free to filter players at this point (Player Filters > Player Name > Sort by “Avg +/-“), but for the sake of reference, I’ll highlight the results at the end. For now, let’s include one more step.
Step 4: Edit “Game Number” > Set “67 to 74”
With the total and average Plus/Minus of each individual player in these spans, we can now view the results (and note any significant differentials).
With Crowder after the All-Star Break, for instance:
And in the eight games since:
While Evan Turner has spot-started for Crowder in most cases, his notable plunge in Plus/Minus is likely due to the fact that he was averaging an additional 1.2 field goal attempts off their bench. Amir Johnson, on the other hand, has averaged 25.7 DraftKings points on 26.1 minutes since Crowder went down — he averaged 13.9 in 17.4 minutes alongside Crowder following the All-Star Break.
You know what to do.
