DET

18-12 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: 18-12
: +8.0
: 71.1

01 / Season

THE WHOLE SEASON

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Record

18

7th of 16
12

7th of 16

lower is better
60.0%

7th of 16
+190.0

6th of 16

Efficiency

135.5

6th of 16
127.5

6th of 16

lower is better
+8.0

7th of 16

Four Factors

67.2%

7th of 16
68.9%

7th of 16
8.7%

7th of 16

lower is better
18.5%

10th of 16
0.186

8th of 16

Volume

106.8

6th of 16
100.5

5th of 16

lower is better
29.5

3rd of 16
7.4

7th of 16

lower is better
4.01

2nd of 16
33.0

7th of 16
6.0

11th of 16
6.7

1st of 16
3.6

4th of 16

Context

78.9

6th of 16
5.4

8th of 16
22.7

9th of 16
55.8

10th of 16
70.2%

7th of 16
-3.1

14th of 16
23.8

9th of 16

lower is better
10.0%

12th of 16
36.7%

9th of 16
-0.3

10th of 16
+1.4

5th of 16
0.147

13th of 16

lower is better
6.8

13th of 16
24.2%

14th of 16
92.8%

2nd of 16

Composite

71.1

5th of 16
+6.6

6th of 16

02 / Splits

HOME AND AWAY

Home

9-7

16 games · 56.3% won

Away

9-5

14 games · 64.3% won

Close games / blowouts

3/ 11

within 5 points · 20+ point margins

21.1

wins the point margin implies · actual 18

-3.1

close games are near coin flips

23.8

standard deviation of per-game net rating

Four Factors, weighted

67.2%
8.7%
18.5%
0.186

True shooting · 50%: 60/100
Assists per game · 30%: 92/100
Ball security · 20%: 66/100
MARIUS Score: 71.1

TS 52–80% · AST/G 0–32 · TOV/G 5–12

03 / Game log

ALL 30 NIGHTS

18–12 · 30 games

DET game log, UBA Season 3
G	Opponent	Venue	Result	PTS			POSS
1	VBN	A	W	99	93	+6	81.4	121.7	114.3	+7.4	23	6	29	3	13	56
2	MIN	H	W	116	85	+31	75.0	154.6	113.3	+41.3	34	3	33	4	15	60
3	OAK	A	W	108	97	+11	77.6	139.2	125.0	+14.2	31	4	32	11	21	64
4	CHI	H	L	97	103	-6	78.7	123.2	130.8	-7.6	27	8	32	5	25	52
5	LVS	A	L	98	126	-28	78.8	124.3	159.8	-35.5	26	7	22	4	21	50
6	NYE	H	L	110	121	-11	79.2	138.9	152.8	-13.9	36	8	25	4	17	56
7	LAR	A	W	123	89	+34	79.5	154.7	111.9	+42.8	36	7	24	0	26	60
8	LAR	H	W	102	87	+15	75.0	135.9	115.9	+20.0	25	7	33	2	9	52
9	DCS	A	W	107	89	+18	83.2	128.7	107.0	+21.6	29	10	42	10	27	68
10	LVS	H	W	113	95	+18	79.7	141.7	119.2	+22.6	32	3	32	2	12	72
11	NYE	A	L	89	117	-28	78.3	113.7	149.5	-35.8	23	9	23	6	24	48
12	—	A	L	89	96	-7	79.4	112.1	121.0	-8.8	25	8	36	9	25	52
13	TOR	A	L	99	127	-28	82.2	120.5	154.6	-34.1	29	14	33	6	22	64
14	DAL	H	L	108	110	-2	76.2	141.8	144.4	-2.6	29	9	33	2	12	48
15	VBN	H	L	98	104	-6	80.0	122.6	130.1	-7.5	28	10	37	7	30	40
16	TOR	H	L	113	115	-2	82.4	137.2	139.6	-2.4	26	7	32	3	22	48
17	PIT	H	W	108	99	+9	77.1	140.1	128.4	+11.7	27	6	36	12	10	62
18	SEA	A	W	132	93	+39	81.7	161.6	113.9	+47.7	39	5	43	2	35	70
19	VAN	A	W	100	93	+7	82.8	120.7	112.3	+8.4	33	8	35	0	15	72
20	PIT	A	W	121	103	+18	78.3	154.6	131.6	+23.0	37	5	30	5	20	50
21	HOU	H	W	120	98	+22	78.4	153.0	124.9	+28.0	39	3	40	0	17	46
22	VAN	H	W	99	88	+11	82.3	120.3	107.0	+13.4	25	13	39	10	33	54
23	SEA	H	L	100	107	-7	75.8	131.9	141.1	-9.2	25	7	42	20	13	54
24	OAK	H	W	124	88	+36	79.8	155.3	110.2	+45.1	35	9	29	8	16	50
25	TBS	H	W	108	106	+2	74.9	144.2	141.5	+2.7	29	8	29	0	28	48
26	TBS	A	W	100	92	+8	78.3	127.7	117.5	+10.2	25	11	33	2	24	52
27	DCS	H	W	107	85	+22	73.6	145.3	115.4	+29.9	28	5	39	15	47	58
28	HOU	A	W	118	84	+34	78.0	151.2	107.6	+43.6	38	2	36	5	42	66
29	DAL	H	L	91	111	-20	78.2	116.3	141.9	-25.6	20	9	28	2	28	50
30	CHI	A	L	108	114	-6	79.7	135.5	143.1	-7.5	27	10	32	2	33	52

04 / Cap

WHAT IT COSTS

10 contracts · $154.0M payroll · $11.0M under the cap

S4 payroll

$154.0M

10 contracts this season

Cap room

$11.0M

still to spend

Luxury-tax room

$61.0M

before the tax line

Dollars per win

$8.6M

18 wins bought

Committed beyond S4

$189.0M

already spent for S5 and S6

Salary concentration

0.124

HHI over 10 salaries

Top earner

Ron Leaf

$30.0M

Team options / clauses

9/ 0

club options · trade clauses

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

Season 4

$154.0M

10 deals on the books

Season 5

$129.0M

8 deals on the books

-16.2% against S4

Season 6

$60.0M

2 deals on the books

DET contracts, UBA Season 3
Player	Pos	Term	Option	S4	S5	S6	PTS	Value
Ron Leaf	SG	2+1	Team +1	$30.0M	$30.0M	$30.0M	768	1.06×
T.D. Henderson-Carter	PG	2+1	Team +1	$30.0M	$30.0M	$30.0M	599	0.83×
Jace Anthony	SF	2+1	Team +1	$15.0M	$15.0M	—	164	0.45×
Tom Creeg	PF	2+1	Team +1	$15.0M	$15.0M	—	291	0.80×
Jesse Long	PF	2+1	Team +1	$12.0M	$12.0M	—	172	0.59×
Larry Potts	PF	2+1	Team +1	$12.0M	$12.0M	—	195	0.67×
Monte Parson II	PF	2+1	Team +1	$12.0M	—	—	315	1.09×
Malcom Streets*	PF	2+1	Team +1	$10.0M	$7.0M	—	511	2.11×
Miles Simpson*	SG	2+1	Team +1 \| Clause: NPC	$10.0M	—	—	504	2.08×
Manny Cruz	PG	2 Years	—	$8.0M	$8.0M	—	—	—

05 / Notes

WHAT THE LOG SAYS

RECORD

01

18-12

DET finished 18-12, 7th in the league by wins.

A 60.0% win rate over 30 games, outscoring opponents by 6.3 points a night. Their net rating of 8.0 ranks 7th, and the point margin says that record was worth 21.1 wins.
CONTEXT

02

+6.6

DET rate 6th on the Simple Rating System.

Margin alone would put them at 6.3 points a game; the schedule they played rated -0.3, the 10th hardest in the league over the 29 games whose opponent is known. The two together rate them at 6.6, and they disagree with the raw margin by 0.2 points.
EFFICIENCY

03

135.5 / 127.5

DET scored 135.5 and conceded 127.5 points per 100 possessions.

Offence ranks 6th, defence 6th — and on defence lower is better. Across 2,366 possessions at a pace of 78.9, that is a net rating of 8.0.
MARIUS

04

71.1

DET scored 71.1 on the MARIUS Score.

Half of that is true shooting (68.9%), 30% is assists per game (29.5 — 3rd in the league) and 20% is ball security (7.4 turnovers a game, 7th — where lower is better).
MARIUS

05

9.3%

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

Basketball-Reference's definition puts the turnover rate at 8.7% of plays used — 7.4 turnovers per game. Both are shown because they answer slightly different questions: one is per possession, the other per play.
ANOMALY

06

132-93

Their best night was a 132-93 win against SEA.

Game 18, a net rating of 47.7 on 81.7 possessions. They made 50 of 72 shots and pulled in 43 rebounds. It came on the road.

→ SEA
ANOMALY

07

89-117

Their worst night was a 89-117 loss against NYE.

Game 11, a net rating of -35.8. They turned the ball over 9 times and gave up 48 points in the paint.

→ NYE
RECORD

08

6/6

Their longest winning run was 6 games; the longest losing run 6.

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 3 games decided by five points or fewer (10.0%) and 11 decided by twenty or more (36.7%).
RECORD

09

9-7

At home DET went 9-7; on the road 9-5.

56.3% of home games won against 64.3% away. Their home net rating was 9.0 and their away net rating 7.0 — the same team, two different levels.
CONTEXT

10

+1.4

DET's scoring margin was 7.0 a game at home and 5.6 on the road.

That is a home-court edge of 1.4 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

23.8

DET's performance swung 23.8 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

$30.0M

DET pays Ron Leaf $30.0M — 19.5% of its payroll.

A roster of 10 on $154.0M, comfortably under the cap. The spending is spread fairly evenly across the squad.

→ DET