Metrics last year was FG% allowed. New one that I'm adding is rebounding differential. I can't find a ranking anywhere so doing a rough one.
FG% - 44.0 % (20th)
Rebounds - 48.3 (4th)
RebAgainst - 45.0 (20th)
Doing a quick delta between the top 4 rebounding teams...Most of the rest of the teams seem to be a negative delta....
Denver - +3
Lakers - +7
Mil - +9
Dallas - +3
Edit: A mixed bag about +/- deltas. Here is a better list of just the western conference. Last three numbers are the interesting one:
Own, Opp, Delta.
Taken from
ESPN stats.
1 Denver .365 .653 .513 17.7 17.7 33.3 30.7 51.0 48.3 +2.7
2 LA Lakers .252 .800 .538 11.0 9.5 38.0 32.5 49.0 42.0 +7.0
3 Dallas .277 .748 .517 12.7 12.0 35.7 33.0 48.3 45.0 +3.3
4 LA Clippers .382 .645 .518 17.0 17.0 31.0 27.5 48.0 44.5 +3.5
5 San Antonio .285 .660 .484 12.7 17.0 33.0 31.7 45.7 48.7 -3.0
6 Seattle .354 .617 .481 17.0 17.0 27.5 31.0 44.5 48.0 -3.5
7 Golden State .282 .776 .539 11.0 9.5 33.0 28.0 44.0 37.5 +6.5
8 Houston .364 .655 .524 13.5 15.5 29.5 23.5 43.0 39.0 +4.0
9 Memphis .288 .717 .480 14.0 11.0 28.0 34.5 42.0 45.5 -3.5
10 Phoenix .248 .733 .467 12.0 10.7 29.3 36.3 41.3 47.0 -5.7
11 Minnesota .266 .685 .475 11.0 13.0 28.3 30.3 39.3 43.3 -4.0
12 Portland .358 .757 .541 14.0 8.0 25.0 25.0 39.0 33.0 +6.0
13 Sacramento .289 .678 .473 12.3 12.3 26.0 30.3 38.3 42.7 -4.3
14 Utah .293 .555 .429 11.0 18.0 22.5 26.5 33.5 44.5 -11.0