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Boston Celtics Will Beat Los Angeles Lakers in NBA Finals, Predicts Sports Technology Tool

An algorithm shows the combined force of Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen, Paul Pierce, Kendrick Perkins and Rajon Rondo gives the advantage over Kobe Bryant and the rest of the Lakers' top scorers.

 

June 06, 2008Computerworld

A points analysis metric, developed by NBA statisticians and Lenovo engineers, predicts that the Boston Celtics will beat the Los Angeles Lakers in the NBA Finals based on the statistical superior play of Boston's five top players when they have shared the court in the playoffs. The Finals started Thursday night with Boston winning the first game in the best-of-seven series.

Lenovo Stat, a plus/minus algorithm featured on NBA.com, shows Boston should win the series because the Celtics' top players have had a bigger impact on the outcome of their games compared to the Lakers' biggest five scorers. The stats tool calculates the point differential of how a player or combination of players performs when they're on the court, said Michael Glideman, senior vice president and CIO of the NBA.

This is the second season in which the NBA used the Lenovo Stat to measure "teamwork" and in-game player effectiveness, he said. The statistical analysis tool works by giving a combination of players a plus when they score and a minus when they're scored upon by opponents. Those results are added in real time to box scores on NBA.com during games.

The algorithm analyzes each scoring event during a game to assess the productivity of each player combo against a given point in time. The analysis can be applied to a single player, five players or any number in between, said Glideman.

According to current Lenovo Stat rankings, Boston's top five-player combination -- Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen, Paul Pierce, Kendrick Perkins and Rajon Rondo -- scored a +79 rating. By comparison, the Lakers' top five unit -- Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol, Lamar Odom, Derek Fisher and Vladimir Radmanovic -- notched a +66 post-season rating.

The +13 point differential could prove to be a sizeable advantage for Boston over Los Angeles since a team's top players traditionally spend the bulk of the game on the floor and have the greatest impact on the outcome.

Boston's top five have never played in an NBA Finals game. By contrast, Laker forwards Kobe Bryant and Derek Fisher were part of three NBA championship teams from Los Angeles between 2000 and 2002.

This year's championship fight marks the 11th time the Celtics and Lakers have faced off in the NBA Finals. Although the Celtics won eight of the previous 10 match-ups, the Lakers won the most recent series against Boston in 1985 and 1987.

"It's a classic combo of teams and you're going to add this enhancement of technology to go against it, which is something we didn't have before in previous [NBA Finals] match-ups," Glideman said.

 
 
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