12-17-2022, 05:32 AM
Interesting change in the way DFS is being used these last two games. Typically, he plays most if not all of the first and third quarter with Luka then sits the early 2nd/4th. The last two games, Wood has not only come in as the solo-big, he hasn't had Dorian either. The next biggest guy on the floor has been Luka. We survived minutes with Luka, Wood, THJ, Reggie and Frank +3.
Then, when Luka sits and SD is the lone ball handler, Dorian is the four to Wood's five. That's where the game really blew open. It was even more obvious this is a thing in the second half as Dorian sat after 4:00 in the third because Wood came in so early after the Powell injury 95 seconds into the quarter. Once again, we survived +3 minutes with Luka, Wood, THJ, Reggie and Frank.
Something else of note, for two nights in a row, the best two players in terms of D-Rating have been Frank and Wood. They were the best two players in On/Off vs. Cleveland at +11 and +8 respectively. Last night it would have been +16 and team leading +19 for Wood if not for Frank losing 5 points in scrub time. Wood and Frank have played 74 minutes together this season. O-Rating is 124.3 and the D-Rating is 109. The Defensive number isn't special, but the offensive number is pretty nice considering Frank isn't thought of as much of an offensive threat. But, the last two games, that combo has easily been in the 90's defensively and some of that has come alongside known stoppers like Luka and THJ. The Frank/Wood minutes were +9 in a 20 point loss to Cleveland and +16 in a 20 point win against Portland.
I'm not saying Frank is the new Wood whisperer. I'm saying he and Reggie have played really hard the last two nights and have made lineups without DFS tolerable and lineups with Dorian, Wood and Spencer really good on the defensive end.
Then, when Luka sits and SD is the lone ball handler, Dorian is the four to Wood's five. That's where the game really blew open. It was even more obvious this is a thing in the second half as Dorian sat after 4:00 in the third because Wood came in so early after the Powell injury 95 seconds into the quarter. Once again, we survived +3 minutes with Luka, Wood, THJ, Reggie and Frank.
Something else of note, for two nights in a row, the best two players in terms of D-Rating have been Frank and Wood. They were the best two players in On/Off vs. Cleveland at +11 and +8 respectively. Last night it would have been +16 and team leading +19 for Wood if not for Frank losing 5 points in scrub time. Wood and Frank have played 74 minutes together this season. O-Rating is 124.3 and the D-Rating is 109. The Defensive number isn't special, but the offensive number is pretty nice considering Frank isn't thought of as much of an offensive threat. But, the last two games, that combo has easily been in the 90's defensively and some of that has come alongside known stoppers like Luka and THJ. The Frank/Wood minutes were +9 in a 20 point loss to Cleveland and +16 in a 20 point win against Portland.
I'm not saying Frank is the new Wood whisperer. I'm saying he and Reggie have played really hard the last two nights and have made lineups without DFS tolerable and lineups with Dorian, Wood and Spencer really good on the defensive end.
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