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DAL

24-6 over 30 games. Both ends of the floor, the schedule they played and the roster behind them — with every night of the season below.

Record
24-6
+15.1
77.2

01 / Season

THE WHOLE SEASON

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Record

  • 24

    2nd of 16

  • 6

    2nd of 16

    lower is better

  • 80.0%

    2nd of 16

  • +358.0

    2nd of 16

Efficiency

  • 141.2

    3rd of 16

  • 126.0

    4th of 16

    lower is better

  • +15.1

    2nd of 16

Four Factors

  • 70.3%

    2nd of 16

  • 71.9%

    2nd of 16

  • 8.6%

    6th of 16

    lower is better

  • 20.3%

    8th of 16

  • 0.184

    9th of 16

Volume

  • 111.2

    3rd of 16

  • 99.3

    4th of 16

    lower is better

  • 30.1

    2nd of 16

  • 7.3

    5th of 16

    lower is better

  • 4.12

    1st of 16

  • 33.5

    5th of 16

  • 5.8

    12th of 16

  • 6.3

    6th of 16

  • 3.1

    5th of 16

Context

  • 78.8

    7th of 16

  • 5.0

    10th of 16

  • 25.4

    5th of 16

  • 65.1

    6th of 16

  • 83.0%

    2nd of 16

  • -0.9

    9th of 16

  • 22.3

    6th of 16

    lower is better

  • 13.3%

    7th of 16

  • 50.0%

    4th of 16

  • -0.8

    14th of 16

  • +1.6

    4th of 16

  • 0.141

    12th of 16

    lower is better

  • 7.1

    12th of 16

  • 26.3%

    12th of 16

  • 91.3%

    3rd of 16

Composite

  • 77.2

    1st of 16

  • +11.7

    2nd of 16

02 / Splits

HOME AND AWAY

Home

13-2

15 games · 86.7% won

Away

11-4

15 games · 73.3% won

Close games / blowouts

4/ 15

within 5 points · 20+ point margins

24.9

wins the point margin implies · actual 24

-0.9

close games are near coin flips

22.3

standard deviation of per-game net rating

Four Factors, weighted

  1. 70.3%
  2. 8.6%
  3. 20.3%
  4. 0.184
True shooting · 50%
71/100
Assists per game · 30%
94/100
Ball security · 20%
67/100
MARIUS Score
77.2

TS 52–80% · AST/G 0–32 · TOV/G 5–12

03 / Game log

ALL 30 NIGHTS

24–6 · 30 games

DAL game log, UBA Season 3
GOpponentVenueResultPTS POSS
1TORHW124110+1481.5152.2135.0+17.23273221858
2TORAL108115-778.8137.1145.9-8.92952662050
3LARAW10783+2473.8144.9112.4+32.524737101962
4PITAW10870+3877.3139.890.6+49.227745172578
5DCSAW12185+3680.0151.2106.2+45.030104142172
6NYEHW128112+1679.3161.4141.2+20.23322982092
7TBSHW12096+2480.3149.5119.6+29.93853943766
8TBSAW110101+979.7138.0126.7+11.32863442554
9SEAAW12597+2877.3161.7125.5+36.234534123288
10VBNAW123117+688.1139.6132.8+6.831949131666
11DETHW110108+278.2140.7138.2+2.63352733672
12MINAW12096+2475.4159.2127.3+31.83583023456
13VANAW11085+2572.4151.9117.4+34.525433102466
14SEAHW10887+2174.5144.9116.7+28.23273403154
15NYEAL111132-2184.8130.8155.6-24.824102043256
16HOUAW10071+2975.2133.094.5+38.62884121962
17DCSHW11784+3372.8160.6115.3+45.33243265568
18LVSHL136137-197.7139.2140.3-1.035133242176
19CHIAL66100-3475.387.6132.8-45.11882701938
20VBNHW11197+1482.2135.1118.1+17.026124043754
21PITHW104100+479.2131.4126.3+5.134123822960
22LARHW10686+2072.4146.4118.8+27.62643322368
23MINHW11394+1979.6142.0118.1+23.93563563176
24VANHW12398+2582.7148.7118.5+30.23583043074
25HOUHW111103+880.4138.1128.2+10.02792441368
26CHIHW115112+378.5146.5142.7+3.83573072764
27OAKHL105116-1176.5137.2151.6-14.43492841466
28DETAW11191+2079.5139.7114.5+25.23294142572
29LVSAW9788+972.5133.8121.4+12.4234360050
30OAKAL89108-1978.0114.2138.5-24.42792723068

04 / Cap

WHAT IT COSTS

10 contracts · $157.0M payroll · $13.0M under the cap

S4 payroll

$157.0M

10 contracts this season

Cap room

$13.0M

still to spend

Luxury-tax room

$63.0M

before the tax line

Dollars per win

$6.5M

24 wins bought

Committed beyond S4

$154.9M

already spent for S5 and S6

Salary concentration

0.134

HHI over 10 salaries

Top earner

Quincy Washington

$40.0M

Team options / clauses

9/ 1

club options · trade clauses

The ledger over time — what this roster is already booked to cost in each season the export carries

Season 4

$157.0M

10 deals on the books

Season 5

$85.7M

5 deals on the books

-45.4% against S4

Season 6

$69.2M

4 deals on the books

DAL contracts, UBA Season 3
PlayerPosTermOptionS4S5S6PTSValue
Quincy WashingtonSG3+2Team +2 | Clause: NMC$40.0M$40.0M$40.0M7500.78×
Levi James*SF2+1Team +1$21.0M$14.7M$10.2M2860.56×
Grizzly HubbC2+1Team +1$15.0M——5201.43×
Keon AndersonPF2+1Team +1$15.0M——2380.66×
LaShawn CunninghamC2+1Team +1$15.0M——5931.64×
Louis MarsellaPF2+1Team +1$15.0M——2430.67×
Daniel Dwyer Jr.PG2+1Team +1$12.0M$12.0M$12.0M——
William SimpsonPF2+1Team +1$12.0M$12.0M—2230.77×
Jace RainSG2+1Team +1$7.0M$7.0M$7.0M2371.40×
Zack LawlerC1 Year—$5.0M————

05 / Notes

WHAT THE LOG SAYS

  • RECORD

    01

    24-6

    DAL finished 24-6, 2nd in the league by wins.

    A 80.0% win rate over 30 games, outscoring opponents by 11.9 points a night. Their net rating of 15.1 ranks 2nd, and the point margin says that record was worth 24.9 wins.

  • CONTEXT

    02

    +11.7

    DAL rate 2nd on the Simple Rating System.

    Margin alone would put them at 11.9 points a game; the schedule they played rated -0.8, the 14th hardest in the league over the 30 games whose opponent is known. The two together rate them at 11.7, and they disagree with the raw margin by -0.2 points.

  • EFFICIENCY

    03

    141.2 / 126.0

    DAL scored 141.2 and conceded 126.0 points per 100 possessions.

    Offence ranks 3rd, defence 4th — and on defence lower is better. Across 2,364 possessions at a pace of 78.8, that is a net rating of 15.1.

  • MARIUS

    04

    77.2

    DAL scored 77.2 on the MARIUS Score.

    Half of that is true shooting (71.9%), 30% is assists per game (30.1 — 2nd in the league) and 20% is ball security (7.3 turnovers a game, 6th — where lower is better).

  • MARIUS

    05

    9.3%

    DAL gave the ball away on 9.3% of their possessions.

    Basketball-Reference's definition puts the turnover rate at 8.6% of plays used — 7.3 turnovers per game. Both are shown because they answer slightly different questions: one is per possession, the other per play.

  • ANOMALY

    06

    108-70

    Their best night was a 108-70 win against PIT.

    Game 4, a net rating of 49.2 on 77.3 possessions. They made 47 of 74 shots and pulled in 45 rebounds. It came on the road.

    → PIT

  • ANOMALY

    07

    66-100

    Their worst night was a 66-100 loss against CHI.

    Game 19, a net rating of -45.1. They turned the ball over 8 times and gave up 38 points in the paint.

    → CHI

  • RECORD

    08

    12/2

    Their longest winning run was 12 games; the longest losing run 2.

    Read off the game log in order, so a streak is a real sequence of results rather than a count of wins. They also played 4 games decided by five points or fewer (13.3%) and 15 decided by twenty or more (50.0%).

  • RECORD

    09

    13-2

    At home DAL went 13-2; on the road 11-4.

    86.7% of home games won against 73.3% away. Their home net rating was 16.0 and their away net rating 14.3 — the same team, two different levels.

  • CONTEXT

    10

    +1.6

    DAL's scoring margin was 12.7 a game at home and 11.1 on the road.

    That is a home-court edge of 1.6 points a game. Across the league the host outscores the visitor by -1.4, so their own building is worth more to them than the average one.

  • STYLE

    11

    22.3

    DAL's performance swung 22.3 net rating points between games.

    The standard deviation of their per-game net rating, across 30 games with a box score. The league's steadiest side sits near 18.8; the wildest near 33.6.

  • CONTRACT

    12

    $40.0M

    DAL pays Quincy Washington $40.0M — 25.5% of its payroll.

    A roster of 10 on $157.0M, comfortably under the cap. The spending is spread fairly evenly across the squad.

    → DAL