Second try… In honor of the NBA season starting, here is the beatpath graph of the 2008-2009 season, including the LA Laker’s championship run. And, taking advantage of my earlier error, after the jump you can see how the season-end rankings changed compared to the previous season’s season-end rankings.
Anyone know of a good source of in-season parseable score data? I wouldn’t mind continuing throughout the season, but the source I use – Massey Ratings – seems to only have end-of-season data.
| Rank | Team | Notes | Previous Season | EdgePower |
1 |
LA Lakers | (Beat Orlando) Overall, kind of shows how weird it was that Orlando was playing the Lakers instead of Cleveland. |
2 |
90.57(357 – 0) / 440 #1 – #3 |
2 |
Cleveland | (Bye) |
14 |
84.43(303 – 0) / 440 #1 – #5 |
3 |
Boston | (Bye) |
1 |
79.43(260 – 1) / 440 #2 – #6 |
4 |
Denver | (Bye) |
7 |
75.68(230 – 4) / 440 #3 – #7 |
5 |
Houston | (Bye) |
10 |
71.82(195 – 3) / 440 #2 – #8 |
6 |
Dallas | (Bye) |
13 |
71.02(200 – 15) / 440 #5 – #8 |
7 |
Portland | (Bye) |
21 |
64.89(155 – 24) / 440 #7 – #10 |
8 |
Orlando | (Lost to LA Lakers) |
9 |
63.98(123 – 0) / 440 #1 – #14 |
9 |
San Antonio | (Bye) |
5 |
57.27(96 – 32) / 440 #9 – #15 |
10 |
Atlanta | (Bye) |
23 |
56.93(72 – 11) / 440 #4 – #16 |
11 |
Phoenix | (Bye) |
8 |
53.07(53 – 26) / 440 #7 – #19 |
12 |
Utah | (Bye) |
3 |
51.59(55 – 41) / 440 #10 – #20 |
13 |
Detroit | (Bye) |
4 |
48.07(35 – 52) / 440 #10 – #20 |
14 |
New Jersey | (Bye) |
19 |
48.07(26 – 43) / 440 #10 – #22 |
15 |
Miami | (Bye) |
30 |
48.07(27 – 44) / 440 #9 – #22 |
16 |
New Orleans | (Bye) |
6 |
46.25(14 – 47) / 440 #11 – #25 |
17 |
Chicago | (Bye) |
18 |
45.68(4 – 42) / 440 #9 – #28 |
18 |
Philadelphia | (Bye) |
22 |
44.89(22 – 67) / 440 #12 – #23 |
19 |
Indiana | (Bye) |
20 |
43.98(8 – 61) / 440 #12 – #26 |
20 |
Toronto | (Bye) |
15 |
43.41(12 – 70) / 440 #11 – #25 |
21 |
Charlotte | (Bye) |
16 |
42.27(11 – 79) / 440 #14 – #26 |
22 |
New York | (Bye) |
28 |
41.25(6 – 83) / 440 #13 – #26 |
23 |
Golden State | (Bye) |
12 |
38.75(1 – 100) / 440 #15 – #29 |
24 |
Minnesota | (Bye) |
25 |
37.73(2 – 110) / 440 #14 – #28 |
25 |
Milwaukee | (Bye) |
26 |
37.27(6 – 118) / 440 #17 – #26 |
26 |
Oklahoma City | (Bye) |
29 |
30.57(0 – 171) / 440 #20 – #30 |
27 |
Washington | (Bye) |
11 |
25.45(3 – 219) / 440 #23 – #28 |
28 |
Memphis | (Bye) |
27 |
25.23(0 – 218) / 440 #22 – #30 |
29 |
Sacramento | (Bye) |
17 |
19.89(1 – 266) / 440 #24 – #29 |
30 |
LA Clippers | (Bye) |
24 |
7.84(0 – 371) / 440 #28 – #30 |
Not that it’s necessary to change it, but your “minimum possible rank” calculator is wrong–or rather, it doesn’t allow non-NFL data.
I think. Maybe it is possible for the Clippers to rank 32nd out of 30 teams.
ah-ha! fixed. Thanks!
I have been looking for parseable data too, but haven’t found anything good yet. I haven’t been all that worried about it yet though since I haven’t finished my recode. If I find a new source for this, NHL, or MLB, I’ll let you know.
Also, I submit Boston’s excuse as being KG’s injury. We may not have beaten Cleveland or the Lakers, but we probably would have finished off Orlando.
Oh noes! I used team names and cities instead of abbreviations! There goes my calling card.
http://www.basketball-reference.com/leagues/NBA_2010_games.html
might work.
Score! It even has CSV. Thanks, Pants! Got it moose?