Basketball Stats - Why Did They Win vs. Will They Win the Next Game

http://www.82games.com/0506/0506DET5.HTM

82 games is a sabremetric site for basketball. The Dodger is attracted when basketball is hot, which is to say, the Pistons are winning.

Much of this data is compiled by geeks for the fun of it [Pro Bono? pro winno?] For gamblers, and fantasy sportsters, the application of statistical measures is predicting the future based on the past. Little is found anywhere on how the statistical measures of last week predicted the results of this week or next week.

So the Pistons are hot, and running over everyone. What do these numbers say? Too bad blogger won't take a table from explorer.

This was prior to the wipeout in Dallas. Basically, it says that the Pistons were a perimeter, late in the shot clock team. Despite Rip's numbers, the Pistons least favorable position is shooting guard, with strength at small forward and point guard.