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Knygnešiai Vilnius

Founded 1936 in Vilnius

Vilnelės salė, holding 7 000

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Wins the points say

Expected wins

The wins a club's points scored and allowed say it should have, by the Pythagorean share: wins follow the points a team scores and allows, to the power of 14 for basketball (Daryl Morey's fit). A club's wins minus its expected wins is how far the table runs from its points.

Over a whole season the two agree closely, and a club far from its expected wins is usually one that won or lost more than its share of close games. It changes nothing in the standings; it is a reading of them.

Nothing to fix in the table itself: a club behind its points is probably better than its record, one ahead of them probably flatters itself. Close-game results settle over a season.

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Where the points say

Knygnešiai Vilnius's wins match its points

+0.5 wins

Knygnešiai Vilnius's points say about 9 wins in 13 league games. It has 9. A gap under 1 win says nothing yet.

9Wins so far

8.5Points say

82.1Scored a game

78.4Allowed a game

+3.7Margin

How we counted it

Points scored, 13 league games	1 067
Points allowed	1 019
Allowed ÷ scored	0.9550
To the power of 14	0.5250
Share of wins: 1 ÷ (1 + 0.5250)	65.57%
× 13 games played	8.52
Wins the points say	8.5 adds up

Wins so far	9
Difference	+0.5 adds up

Close games. Decided by 5 points or fewer, overtime included: Knygnešiai Vilnius won 3 and lost 1. It is a fact, not part of the sum above.

Why 14. Bill James found that a team's wins follow the points it scores and allows. Daryl Morey fitted the same idea to basketball and found an exponent of about 14, and Dean Oliver's work on basketball analytics lands in the same place. It is a guide, not a law: a team that loses its close games runs below it, one that wins them runs above.

Regular season only, through round 13. It is final when the season closes.

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The season in three lines

The four factors

The four things that decide a basketball game, after Dean Oliver: shooting (effective field goal %, which counts a three as one and a half), turnovers (the share of trips thrown away), rebounds (the share of own misses won back) and free throws (tries per shot). The bars show each club against the other, and the club page shows it against the league.

They add up to the margin: the report's three cards are the factors that moved the score most, in points.

Work on the factor the card calls costly: ball handlers and the tempo for turnovers, bigs for rebounds, drivers for the line.

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Strength

A solid defence

104.3

Knygnešiai Vilnius let in 104.3 per 100 trips against the league's 110.1. Lower is better: 1st of 14.

KNV 104.3

League 110.1

How we counted it

100 × 1 019 allowed ÷ 977 possessions	104.3
League mean, 14 clubs	110.1
Rank, 14 clubs	1st of 14

Weakness

Cold shooting

51.3 %

Knygnešiai Vilnius shoot 51.3 % effective. The league shoots 53.7 %. That is 12th of 14.

KNV 51.3 %

League 53.7 %

How we counted it

Knygnešiai Vilnius: (383 + ½ × 110) ÷ 853	51.3 %
League mean, 14 clubs	53.7 %
Rank, 14 clubs	12th of 14

Weakness

Careless with the ball

18.4 %

Knygnešiai Vilnius give it away on 18.4 % of trips against the league's 17.7 %. Fewer is better: 12th of 14.

KNV 18.4 %

League 17.7 %

How we counted it

Knygnešiai Vilnius: 181 ÷ 982 possessions	18.4 %
League mean, 14 clubs	17.7 %
Rank, 14 clubs	12th of 14

Four factors

Shootingeffective field goal % · 12th of 14

KNV 51.3 %

League 53.7 %

How we counted it

Knygnešiai Vilnius: (383 + ½ × 110) ÷ 853	51.3 %
League mean, 14 clubs	53.7 %
Rank, 14 clubs	12th of 14

Turnoverstrips lost, fewer is better · 12th of 14

KNV 18.4 %

League 17.7 %

How we counted it

Knygnešiai Vilnius: 181 ÷ 982 possessions	18.4 %
League mean, 14 clubs	17.7 %
Rank, 14 clubs	12th of 14

Reboundsown misses won back · 4th of 14

KNV 28.1 %

League 25.7 %

How we counted it

Knygnešiai Vilnius: 128 ÷ (128 + 328)	28.1 %
League mean, 14 clubs	25.7 %
Rank, 14 clubs	4th of 14

Free throwstries per shot · 5th of 14

KNV 28.7 %

League 27.2 %

How we counted it

Knygnešiai Vilnius: 245 tries ÷ 853 shots	28.7 %
League mean, 14 clubs	27.2 %
Rank, 14 clubs	5th of 14

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Lucky or unlucky?

Shot-making

Points scored from the floor minus the points those shots are worth. Above zero is shooting better than the league does from the same shots, below zero is worse. Free throws are not shots and are not in it.

Over a night it is mostly luck, and the page calls it that: a few points either way is as expected. Over a season it settles, and a man far from zero is either a real finisher or a man whose luck will turn.

Rest or sharpen the man if it is persistently below zero; do not rebuild the attack on one hot night.

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Unlucky so far

Your shots have not paid off at all

−35.3

Over 6 games Knygnešiai Vilnius's shots were worth 389.3 points and they scored 354 from the floor: 5.9 a game worse than the league would do from the same shots.

−35.3

UnluckyAs expectedLucky

How we counted it

Points: 2 × 155 + 44	354
Expected points, the squad's shots added up	389.3
Shot-making	−35.3
A game	−5.89

Expected points are measured against league rates through round 13.

Knygnešiai Vilnius
Kind of shot	Shots	Worth	Points
Mid-range · Driveonly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 40 % of 232	7	0.80	5.6
Mid-range · Drive · second chanceonly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 40 % of 232	2	0.80	1.6
Mid-range · Drive · fast breakonly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 40 % of 232	3	0.80	2.4
Mid-range · Post-uponly a few league shots like it, so the zone's rate: 40 % of 1 073	11	0.80	8.8
Mid-range · Catch and shootonly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 44 % of 234	13	0.87	11.3
Mid-range · Catch and shoot · second chanceonly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 44 % of 234	3	0.87	2.6
Mid-range · Pull-up41 % of 357 league shots	22	0.81	17.9
Mid-range · Pull-up · second chanceonly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 39 % of 476	2	0.78	1.6
Mid-range · Pull-up · fast breakonly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 39 % of 476	4	0.78	3.1
Mid-range · Pull-up · fast break · second chanceonly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 39 % of 476	1	0.78	0.8
Rim · Drive61 % of 793 league shots	54	1.22	65.9
Rim · Drive · second chanceonly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 61 % of 1 247	8	1.21	9.7
Rim · Drive · fast break63 % of 303 league shots	22	1.25	27.6
Rim · Drive · fast break · second chanceonly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 61 % of 1 247	4	1.21	4.9
Rim · Post-uponly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 64 % of 248	19	1.28	24.4
Rim · Post-up · second chanceonly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 64 % of 248	2	1.28	2.6
Rim · Post-up · fast breakonly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 64 % of 248	1	1.28	1.3
Rim · Catch and shootonly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 62 % of 328	18	1.24	22.3
Rim · Catch and shoot · second chanceonly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 62 % of 328	1	1.24	1.2
Rim · Catch and shoot · fast breakonly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 62 % of 328	6	1.24	7.4
Rim · Pull-uponly a few league shots like it, so the zone's rate: 62 % of 1 965	7	1.23	8.6
Rim · Pull-up · fast breakonly a few league shots like it, so the zone's rate: 62 % of 1 965	1	1.23	1.2
Three · Driveonly a few league shots like it, so the zone's rate: 35 % of 2 240	7	1.04	7.3
Three · Drive · fast breakonly a few league shots like it, so the zone's rate: 35 % of 2 240	1	1.04	1.0
Three · Post-up · second chanceonly a few league shots like it, so the zone's rate: 35 % of 2 240	1	1.04	1.0
Three · Catch and shoot35 % of 1 231 league shots	81	1.06	85.9
Three · Catch and shoot · second chanceonly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 34 % of 1 688	17	1.03	17.5
Three · Catch and shoot · fast break33 % of 234 league shots	14	0.99	13.8
Three · Catch and shoot · fast break · second chanceonly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 34 % of 1 688	8	1.03	8.3
Three · Pull-up33 % of 264 league shots	15	0.98	14.7
Three · Pull-up · second chanceonly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 34 % of 364	4	1.01	4.0
Three · Pull-up · fast breakonly a few league shots like it, so the same play from the same zone: 34 % of 364	3	1.01	3.0
Total adds up	362	1.08	389.3

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Where Knygnešiai Vilnius shoot

Shots by zone

Every shot of the match as a dot: filled when it went in, hollow when it missed, with a bar through it when it was blocked. How far from the ring each shot was is the match record. The side of the floor it came from is drawn for the picture, the same way the replay stages it, so every reader sees the same dot and no dot claims a spot the game never recorded. The three zones, rim, mid-range and three, count the dots and add up to the box score.

A zone is warm when the club shot at least five points better than the league does from there, cool when that much worse. Filtering by man, quarter or result recounts the zones from the dots shown, so every number is a count of what is on the court.

Shape the attack toward the zone where your men shoot best: the tactics page moves shots between the rim, the mid-range and the three.

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Every shot this season

362 of 362 shots shown

42.8%

155 of 362 from the floor, 6 league games

Made
Missed
Regular season only. The same games as the league table and the wins the points say. The side of the floor is drawn for the picture.

Shots by zone

Tinted against the league

RIM 85 / 143 59% · avg 1.9 ft 57 of the 85 makes assisted league 62% 170pts

MID 26 / 68 38% · avg 14.3 ft 10 of the 26 makes assisted league 41% 52pts

THREE 44 / 151 29% · avg 25.3 ft 39 of the 44 makes assisted league 35% 132pts

155 of 362 from the floor, 354 points, + 94 from the line

The dots cover 6 of 13 league games; earlier games have no shot record.

106 of 155 makes were assisted (68%): 57 + 10 + 39.

One man's season is on his player page, under Where he shoots.

Shot quality is counted from the 6 games whose streams are stored, of 13 played.

More statsTrends, shot mix, the squad's shooters

Trends

Net rating

Offence

Shooting %

Dots are games, the line is the five-game mean, the dashed line is the league. All 13 games are counted.

Where the shots came from

RimMid-rangeThree

Knygnešiai Vilnius

40% 19% 42%

League

37% 20% 42%

DrivePost-upCatch and shootPull-up

Knygnešiai Vilnius

30% 9% 44% 16%

League

31% 43% 19%

Knygnešiai Vilnius lean on post-ups: 9.4 % of its shots against the league's 7.4 %.

How we counted it

Knygnešiai Vilnius: drives + post-ups + catch and shoot + pull-ups	108 drives + 34 post-ups + 161 catch and shoot + 59 pull-ups = 362

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Best shot-makers

Expected points

The points the league gets from shots like this one this season: the zone, the play, whether it came on the break and whether it came on a second chance. It does not know who was guarding or how far out he stood, because the game records neither. A club's expected points are the sum over its shots, and every figure opens to the kinds of shot it is made of.

It is a measure, not a rule: nothing in a match depends on it. It tells shot selection (how good the shots were) apart from shot-making (what the men did with them), so a bad night reads as bad luck or bad shots rather than just a bad night.

Take more of the shots the league scores most from, the rim and the open three, and fewer long pull-ups; the tactics page moves shots between them.

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Rimvydas Jaunius PG 24 y

Solid41–60

Age: 24
Potential: Strong (61–80)
Form: -0.1
Contract ends: End of season 3

23/52 shots 56.9 expected 54 scored ▼ −2.9

A man is listed from 50 shots.