On December 26, the NBA's 2021-22 season year-end battle will begin. The year-end war is the most important game day of the NBA in the regular season, and the teams playing are carefully selected, presenting a basketball feast of strong and strong duels and stars.
Tencent Sports' NBA Player Combat Strength List launched a special edition of the year-end battle, which calculates the player's season winning contribution value based on the players who played in the year-end war team as the data statistics object, forming a year-end war combat strength list. Stephen Curry is at the top of the table by an absolute margin, Kevin Durant and Giannis Antetokounmpo are second and third, and LeBron James is eighth.
How is the winning contribution value of the season calculated?
The combat strength value of this special edition is the contribution value of the season win, which is based on EPM and combined with the attendance of the players. EPM (Estimated Plus-Minus) was created by former Jazz data analyst Taylor Sinar, which evaluates the player's contribution to the team's victory every 100 rounds by tracking the changes in the team's data between the player's play and the team's appearance, while including the player's lineup when they play and the opponent's staffing. Combining EPM with a player's attendance, the player's winning contribution during the season can be derived.
Year-end Battle Players Battle List (statistics range from October 20 to December 24, 2021)
1. Stephen Curry Warriors Season winning contribution: +8
2. Kevin Durant Nets Win Contribution Of the season: +5.9
3. Giannis Antetokounmpo Bucks Win Contribution Value: +5.7
4. Donovan-Mitchell Jazz's winning contribution of the season: +5.4
5. Chris Paul Suns Win Contribution: +5.3
6. Rudy Gobert Jazz Win Contribution Of the Season: +5.2
7. Trae Young Eagles Wins Contribution Value of the Season: +5.1
8. LeBron James Lakers win-win contribution value: +4.7
9. John Collins Eagles Wins Contribution Of the Season: +4.7
10. James Harden Nets Wins Contribution Of the Season: +4.3
11. Juju Holliday Bucks Win Contribution: +4.1
12. Draymond Green Warriors Win Contribution Value of the Season: +4.0
13. Mike Conley Jazz Win Contribution: +3.8
14. Anthony Davis Lakers Win Contribution Of the season: +3.6
15. Devin Booker Suns Win Contribution: +3.2
Among the teams participating in this year-end battle, the Warriors, Suns, Nets, Lakers, Eagles and Bucks all have two players on the list, and the Jazz have a maximum of 3 players on the list. The Jazz are the most offensively efficient team this season, Mitchell and Conley have given the league's top ten offensive plus-minus, Gobert has the league's top ten defensive plus-minus, while the Jazz are in good health this season and have not been affected by the epidemic, Gobert is full attendance, Mitchell and Conley only missed 1 game and 3 games respectively.
The player with the highest offensive plus-minus this season is Jokic, with a statistic of +7.4, but the Nuggets failed to enter the ranks of the year-end war teams, and Mr. Jokic did not make this list. The second offensive plus-minus is Curry, the third is Trae Young, Yang's data is +6.3, but his defensive plus-minus is -1.8, pulling down the EPM and failing to enter the top five of this list.
The player with the highest defensive plus-minus this season is Draymond Green, with a stat of +4.4, but Green's offensive plus-minus is -0.9, which is the main reason why "Chasing Dreams" did not make it to the top ten of this issue's list.
James's offensive plus-minus this season is +4.9, and the defensive plus-minus is +1.3, both are very good, but the old Zhan has missed 12 games due to injuries and suspensions, and the season winning contribution value is calculated by the comprehensive calculation of EPM and attendance.
The Lakers' highest attendance this season is Russell Westbrook, who is fully attendance this season, but he failed to make the list because Westbrook's offensive plus-minus is +0.1 and defensive plus-minus is -0.5, even with a high attendance bonus, it is difficult to enter the list.
In the year-end war team, the Knicks and the Lone Ranger have no players on the list, and the Lone Ranger star Doncic has an offensive plus-minus of +3.5 this season, which ranks ninth among the participating players, but Doncic's defensive plus-minus is -0.5, and the poor defensive situation of the offense determines the result of the fall.
The year-end battle players are in the top five of the battle list
Curry
From this season to the year-end war, only one player has a season winning contribution value of +8, that is Curry, the NBA's historical three-point king, and then score 6 long-range shots, you can become the first epoch-making superstar in NBA history to shoot 3,000 three-pointers, and ride on the year-end battle battle list.
Curry, who has averaged 27.7 points per game this season and 5.4 three-pointers per game, has an offensive plus-minus of +6.5, leaving the league behind Jokic. Curry is at the heart of the Warriors' offensive system, and his personal projection and defensive pulling forces drive the system. When Curry is on the floor, the Warriors' offensive efficiency can rank second in the league, and when Curry is not on the court, the Warriors' offensive efficiency is the 24th level in the league.
Curry's defensive plus-minus is +1.9, which is a relatively good defensive performance, and it is also the biggest surprise brought by Curry in the output of offensive and defensive combat strength this season, his attack and defense are more balanced, and his influence on the game is also greater.
In the Tencent Sports NBA Player Weekly Combat Strength List, we use GmSc (Game Score) as the ranking standard, GmSc is a comprehensive score of players' game performance, and the relevant values are obtained by weighting the calculation of various data. Only two players have reached +38 in at least two games this season, Curry and Alphabet Brother, curry played 48.6 GmSc with 50 points, 7 rebounds, 10 assists and 4 steals in the November 8 game against the Eagles, which is the NBA player's single-game GmSc record this season.
Durant
Tencent Sports' NBA Player Weekly Combat Strength List has been launched 9 times this season, and Durant is the only player to achieve 9 consecutive issues on the list, and the only player to play a single weekly average GmSc30+. Durant has averaged 29.7 league number one points per game this season, averaging 7.9 rebounds and 5.9 assists per game, and averaging 14.7 points per game for the Nets, which means that the Nets average of 44 points per game are directly related to Addu. Harden has been in precarious form this season because Irving has yet to play, and Durant has a heavy burden on his shoulders, and when he is on the court, the Nets have 33.9% of the points from him, and 33.2% of the goals are completed by him, which is a new high in Durant's NBA career.
Due to the large output on the offensive end, Durant's performance on the defensive end is not outstanding, and the defensive plus-minus value is +0.5, which can only be said to be decent. Irving is coming back, Harden is expected to pick up as the season progresses, and Adu's offensive pressure will be reduced, and more energy can be invested on the defensive end.
Antetokounmpo
Alphabet brother has averaged 27 points, 11.6 rebounds and 5.8 assists per game this season, and averaged 14.8 points per game in the box. As a major honor Grand Slam player, Alphabet Brother is balanced in attack and defense, with an offensive plus-minus of +5.3, a defensive plus-minus of +1.6, and an EPM of +6.9, ranking third in the league after Jokic and Curry. Alphabet Brother has missed 8 games this season due to health and safety protocols and other reasons, which has adversely affected his contribution to the winning game of the season, but he can still rank in the top three of this list, which is the hard power of the team at both ends of the attack and defense.
Mitchell
Mitchell has averaged 25.1 points per game this season and is sixth in the league with an offensive plus-minus of +5. Mitchell has had a high attendance this season, with the Jazz missing just one of 31 games, which has a positive impact on the season-winning contribution. Mitchell's slight lack of defense, his defensive plus-minus of 0, not bad enough, but not good enough. Defense has always been an important factor restricting Mitchell's ceiling, and it is also reflected in this issue's battle list.
Paul
As the leader of the first team in the league, Paul's performance shows the characteristics of stability and balance, which is also the style of play he has maintained for a long time since entering the league, with +3.2 offensive plus-minus and +1.7 defensive plus-minus. Paul's career-low 14.4 points per game this season is a career low, mainly because his average of 11 shots per game is also a career low, Paul has focused on organizing the offense and driving defense, averaging 9.9 assists per game this season, averaging 25 points per game through assists, both of which are the first in the league. In addition, Paul has maintained full attendance this season, and his physical condition is also the main reason for the Suns' record league number one. This year-end war, Paul will face Curry head-on, will be a showdown between the top five of the year-end war battle list.