(12-30-2021, 04:02 PM)BackToSquareOne Wrote: Un/clutchness
Am I miss-remembering things in thinking that the Mavs lost a disproportionate amount of close games last year (regular season)?
Can I ask what are you using as a definition of a 'clutch' game? Decided by fewer than a particular certain number of points? It would be interesting to look at those collections of games (maybe over recent years as well) a little more, imo.
Mavs were tied for 11th last season in clutch games, going 18-15. Iirc, this got better as the season wore on, and the Mavs were considered good clutch performers when the playoffs rolled around.
"Clutch time" is defined as the last five minutes of a game when a team is leading or trailing by five points or fewer.
In overtime games, the last five minutes of regulation count, as well as all overtime periods.
This is an NBA definition. If you would like to examine them a little further, separate stats are kept on these periods. For example, you could find them under Clutch Stats on nba.com.
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