NBA injury plot. Games missed by injured players and health protocols versus team wins. Bubble size represents cumulative quality of players lost for games (Lost-ws metric)
If the Orlando Magic stopped playing basketball today it would take the Oklahoma City Thunder over 311 more games to catch them in number of games missed by injured players
NBA top 5, wins lost due to injured players and health protocols (Lost-ws metric, lost win shares due to injured players)
1 LAC 13.52 wins lost
2 MIL 11.12
3 PHI 10.80
4 MIA 9.32
5 PHO 9.01
NBA top 5, wins lost due to injured players (Lost-ws metric, lost win shares due to injured players)
1 TOR 6.41 wins lost
2 BOS 5.79
3 WAS 5.11
4 MIA 4.58
5 GSW 4.36
Utah Jazz and Golden State Warriors lead NBA in injury impact this season by Lost-ws metric (14.4 and 11.9 potential wins lost due to injured players). Sacramento Kings and Brooklyn Nets are least impacted by injuries this season
From yesterday, NBA top 5, impact on teams by players lost to injury (Lost-vorp metric, lost value over replacement player)
1 LAC
2 NOP
3 PHO
4 BRK
5 CHI
NBA top 5, wins lost due to injured players (Lost-ws metric, lost win shares due to injured players)
1 LAC 8.12 wins lost
2 MIL 7.51
3 BRK 7.30
4 PHI 7.14
5 LAL 7.06
NBA injury plot. Games missed by injured players and health protocols versus team wins. Bubble size represents cumulative quality of players lost for games (Lost-ws metric)
NBA injury plot. Games missed by injured players and health protocols versus team wins. Bubble size represents cumulative quality of players lost (Lost-ws metric)
If the Orlando Magic stopped playing basketball today it would take the Oklahoma City Thunder almost 350 more games to catch them in injuries, but they've only won 2 more games
NBA top 5, wins lost due to injured players (Lost-ws metric, lost win shares due to injured players)
1 POR 4.20 wins lost
2 LAC 4.16
3 MIA 3.89
4 BOS 3.83
5 CHI 3.71
NBA top 5, wins lost due to injured players (Lost-ws metric, lost win shares due to injured players)
1 TOR 8.56 wins lost
2 BOS 8.22
3 NOP 7.31
4 WAS 6.75
5 CHI 6.29
GSW penalized in this metric simply because Thompson hasn't played this season
NBA injury plot. Games missed by injured players and health protocols versus team wins. Bubble size represents cumulative quality of players lost for games (Lost-ws metric)
Plot of total games missed by injured players for each team versus team wins. Bubble size is the cumulative quality of players lost by Lost-ws metric.
The
@PelicansNBA
did something pretty remarkable
New Orleans Pelicans and Phoenix Suns are most injured teams in the NBA to this point of the season. Portland Trailblazers and Oklahoma City Thunder have been healthiest so far.
NBA injury plot. Games missed by injured players and health protocols versus team wins. Bubble size represents cumulative quality of players lost for games (Lost-vorp metric)
NBA top 5, wins lost due to injured players (Lost-ws metric, lost wins due to injured players)
1 UTA 12.9 wins lost
2 GSW 12.8
3 SAS 11.9
4 LAC 11.1
5 MEM 10.4
NBA injury plot. Games missed by injured players and health protocols versus team wins. Bubble size represents cumulative quality of players lost for games (Lost-ws metric)
NBA season-end injury plot. Games missed by injured players and health protocols versus team wins. Bubble size represents cumulative quality of players lost for games (Lost-ws metric)
NBA top 5, wins lost due to injured players (Lost-ws metric, lost win shares due to injured players)
1 BRK 9.96 wins lost
2 ATL 7.79
3 PHI 6.32
4 NYK 6.16
5 BOS 6.01
Team protocol absences
ATL 55
BOS 65
BRK 38
CHI 51
CHO 35
CLE 48
DAL 48
DEN 22
DET 29
GSW 18
HOU 16
IND 20
LAC 34
LAL 34
MEM 33
MIA 23
MIL 26
MIN 34
NOP 9
NYK 45
OKC 20
ORL 38
PHI 45
PHO 14
POR 18
SAC 42
SAS 26
TOR 22
UTA 0
WAS 24
If the Orlando Magic stopped playing basketball today it would take the Sacramento Kings 490+ games to catch them in number of games missed by injured players
NBA top 5, wins lost due to injured players (Lost-ws metric, lost win shares due to injured players). If Klay Thompson had any stats this year GSW would jump to
#1
1 TOR 10.51 wins lost
2 BOS 10.04
3 CHI 9.04
4 NOP 8.43
5 BRK 8.43
NBA injury plot. Games missed by injured players and health protocols versus team wins. Bubble size represents cumulative quality of players lost for games (Lost-ws metric)
NBA injury plot. Games missed by injured players and health protocols versus team wins. Bubble size represents cumulative quality of players lost for games (Lost-vorp metric)
From yesterday, NBA top 5, wins lost due to injured players (Lost-ws metric, lost win shares due to injured players)
1 LAC 10.16 wins lost
2 BRK 9.56
3 MIL 9.11
4 PHI 7.65
5 MIA 7.21
NBA top 5, wins lost due to injured players (Lost-ws metric, lost win shares due to injured players)
1 TOR 11.23 wins lost
2 BOS 10.54
3 BRK 9.61
4 CHI 9.01
5 NOP 8.95
NBA injury plot. Games missed by injured players and health protocols versus team wins. Bubble size represents cumulative quality of players lost for games (Lost-ws metric)
NBA injury plot. Games missed by injured players and health protocols versus team wins. Bubble size represents cumulative quality of players lost for games (Lost-vorp metric)
NBA top 5, wins lost due to injured players (Lost-ws metric, lost win shares due to injured players)
1 TOR 11.31 wins lost
2 BOS 10.59
3 BRK 9.85
4 CHI 9.44
5 NOP 8.95
The New Orleans Pelicans, Philadelphia 76ers, Memphis Grizzlies, Miami Heat, and Phoenix Suns have the greatest number of injuries since the 2015-16 season
NBA injury plot. Games missed by injured players and health protocols versus team wins. Bubble size represents cumulative quality of players lost for games (Lost-ws metric)
Are injuries up in NBA this season? Yes, definitely.
For 1608 games through Feb 6th, 3798 games missed due to injury.
Last season for 1630 games through Feb 11th, 2670 total games missed due to injury.
Great piece by
@tomhaberstroh
NBA injury plot. Games missed by injured players and health protocols versus team wins. Bubble size represents cumulative quality of players lost for games (Lost-ws metric)
Not only did the Golden State Warriors win the championship, they were the team most affected by injuries during the regular season (Lost-vorp metric). Amazing accomplishment
NBA top 5, wins lost due to injured players (Lost-ws metric, lost wins due to injured players)
1 DEN 5.45 wins lost
2 GSW 3.48
3 TOR 3.02
4 MIL 2.83
5 NOP 2.48
From yesterday, NBA injury plot. Games missed by injured players and health protocols versus team wins. Bubble size represents cumulative quality of players lost for games (Lost-ws metric)
NBA injury plot. Games missed by injured players and health protocols versus team wins. Bubble size represents cumulative quality of players lost (Lost-ws metric)
From yesterday, NBA top 5, wins lost due to injured players (Lost-ws metric, lost win shares due to injured players)
1 BRK 11.15 wins lost
2 ATL 10.5
3 LAL 8.63
4 LAC 8.17
5 WAS 7.99
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NBA top 5, most games missed by injured players. Number in brackets is league ranking when injuries are quality adjusted (Lost-ws metric). Denver Nuggets 1st in Lost-ws.
DEN 135 (1)
HOU 119 (14)
CHI 115 (27)
NYK 111 (17)
PHI 105 (18)
NBA top 5, wins lost due to injured players (Lost-ws metric, lost win shares due to injured players)
1 PHI 3.94 wins lost
2 MIL 3.75
3 NOP 3.09
4 BRK 3.00
5 LAC 2.99