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Team Shot Clock Usage

We will be presenting a number of different views showing the statistics for all teams at once. This article will focus on how teams have performed in the different shot clock segments for both offense and defense. We have elected to break the 24 seconds down into four categories:

0-10 seconds - "Quick" possessions coming from fast breaks, putbacks, turnovers and other events.

11-15 seconds - "Early" resolution to a possession.

16-20 seconds - "Structured" possession.

21+ seconds - "Late" possession activity, often rushing to beat the shot clock buzzer.

While there are many different stats we could present, including such things as the turnover percentage within a time segment, fouls drawn, the offensive rebounding, etc, we will simplify to three main numbers:

Use

- the percentage of possessions that were concluded in that shot clock window

eFG

- the effective field goal percentage (adjusted for 3-pointers) of FGA's

RTG

- the points per 100 possessions in the given shot clock segment, encompassing field goal shooting, free throw shooting, turnovers and rebounds.

In addition to the tables below, we have accompanying analysis in the Using the Shot Clock wisely article (soon to be updated to look at 2004-05 in addition to 03-04!)

For comparison purposes, here are the "Pts per 100 Poss" NBA league wide averages:
0-10 Secs: 114.0
11-15 Secs: 105.2
16-20 Secs: 101.9
21+ Secs: 94.9
...it gets tough in the waning seconds of the shot clock!

The following tables are sortable. Click on a column header to sort by that stat.

Offensive Shot Clock Statistics

'04-05	0-10 Secs.			11-15 Secs.			16-20 Secs.			21+ Secs.
Team	Use	eFG	RTG	Use	eFG	RTG	Use	eFG	RTG	Use	eFG	RTG
ATL	42%	.519	111.6	23%	.474	99.8	21%	.425	94.3	12%	.362	82.0
BOS	47%	.534	114.5	24%	.508	107.7	18%	.455	99.4	9%	.441	97.5
CHI	43%	.505	108.7	27%	.473	101.6	19%	.455	98.3	9%	.377	85.0
CLE	41%	.535	117.1	21%	.456	104.6	21%	.435	101.9	14%	.400	95.9
DAL	45%	.515	115.2	24%	.498	111.3	19%	.472	109.2	10%	.428	98.3
DEN	46%	.542	115.8	24%	.486	105.3	20%	.435	97.7	9%	.368	90.9
DET	40%	.532	117.0	20%	.453	101.9	23%	.449	101.4	14%	.405	95.7
GSW	45%	.519	112.2	24%	.476	104.4	19%	.428	97.6	9%	.391	92.0
HOU	40%	.539	112.5	26%	.470	105.4	21%	.458	104.4	11%	.438	99.6
IND	34%	.547	113.7	25%	.466	106.8	25%	.453	101.4	14%	.410	95.3
LAC	40%	.528	113.5	22%	.474	107.4	24%	.452	102.1	13%	.411	90.4
LAL	42%	.532	115.9	23%	.458	104.1	21%	.465	104.4	11%	.442	101.3
MEM	38%	.540	112.7	25%	.487	105.5	23%	.460	102.8	12%	.427	97.6
MIA	40%	.577	119.1	22%	.517	110.6	24%	.488	106.0	12%	.465	103.9
MIL	39%	.517	113.9	22%	.470	108.4	24%	.461	103.4	12%	.410	95.6
MIN	41%	.532	113.2	25%	.485	107.0	21%	.455	106.0	11%	.438	103.2
NJN	39%	.490	106.5	23%	.454	100.0	25%	.448	101.0	12%	.442	99.1
NOH	40%	.487	105.8	21%	.430	97.8	23%	.433	97.8	14%	.402	91.9
NYK	41%	.527	112.6	23%	.497	111.3	22%	.464	100.8	12%	.386	90.4
ORL	48%	.524	113.1	23%	.454	102.5	19%	.446	98.5	8%	.406	92.3
PHI	49%	.519	111.9	25%	.461	100.9	18%	.424	94.2	6%	.398	90.0
PHO	50%	.557	121.5	26%	.522	110.9	17%	.506	108.6	6%	.497	105.6
POR	42%	.562	116.1	20%	.448	95.7	22%	.443	96.1	14%	.407	94.2
SAC	44%	.535	117.9	25%	.482	108.7	21%	.480	106.4	7%	.406	94.6
SAS	37%	.531	116.0	24%	.488	105.1	24%	.473	105.5	13%	.451	102.2
SEA	40%	.545	120.2	24%	.514	117.0	21%	.459	107.7	13%	.409	97.1
TOR	42%	.519	108.3	25%	.487	109.6	21%	.482	108.8	10%	.441	102.0
UTA	37%	.513	113.2	22%	.486	107.1	24%	.453	103.2	15%	.388	87.0
WAS	48%	.529	115.7	22%	.438	103.9	20%	.445	103.6	8%	.386	89.5
CHA	42%	.509	115.1	25%	.428	93.8	20%	.438	94.9	11%	.371	86.1

Defensive Shot Clock Statistics

'04-05	0-10 Secs.			11-15 Secs.			16-20 Secs.			21+ Secs.
Team	Use	eFG	RTG	Use	eFG	RTG	Use	eFG	RTG	Use	eFG	RTG
ATL	42%	.552	120.0	22%	.520	111.7	22%	.491	104.8	12%	.435	100.7
BOS	41%	.539	117.2	24%	.475	104.3	21%	.442	102.1	12%	.406	93.7
CHI	43%	.504	107.3	23%	.435	99.3	21%	.432	98.6	10%	.382	87.6
CLE	43%	.523	113.6	25%	.467	104.4	20%	.482	104.8	10%	.401	92.0
DAL	43%	.525	111.5	23%	.466	104.7	21%	.435	98.2	12%	.399	93.3
DEN	43%	.538	112.9	23%	.479	106.2	21%	.432	94.9	11%	.406	92.6
DET	42%	.511	108.5	22%	.454	101.2	21%	.444	97.5	12%	.371	87.5
GSW	45%	.530	113.7	23%	.507	111.1	20%	.450	99.9	10%	.400	92.7
HOU	40%	.496	109.9	23%	.476	104.0	23%	.427	95.8	11%	.388	88.6
IND	42%	.502	110.6	24%	.500	108.9	22%	.432	97.0	10%	.405	96.0
LAC	41%	.522	112.9	25%	.498	108.3	21%	.436	99.9	11%	.410	97.5
LAL	43%	.545	121.7	25%	.489	109.6	20%	.437	101.7	10%	.430	98.1
MEM	43%	.505	109.1	23%	.462	104.2	21%	.438	99.5	11%	.411	93.4
MIA	43%	.504	110.6	25%	.440	101.5	21%	.435	99.3	9%	.411	95.0
MIL	44%	.548	117.9	24%	.482	107.7	21%	.454	103.4	10%	.460	101.6
MIN	41%	.517	115.0	24%	.483	108.4	22%	.437	100.6	12%	.395	92.3
NJN	42%	.530	109.6	23%	.475	105.6	20%	.444	99.5	12%	.409	91.9
NOH	41%	.544	116.0	24%	.478	105.0	21%	.464	107.4	12%	.429	97.6
NYK	42%	.540	116.6	24%	.505	109.2	21%	.472	105.1	11%	.433	98.6
ORL	42%	.539	116.6	23%	.461	104.5	21%	.469	104.8	12%	.402	93.9
PHI	39%	.544	115.7	25%	.470	100.1	22%	.464	100.8	12%	.403	89.2
PHO	41%	.530	118.5	24%	.446	99.9	21%	.470	104.5	12%	.400	91.5
POR	44%	.534	118.4	23%	.455	100.1	20%	.451	105.4	11%	.398	93.6
SAC	42%	.540	118.3	23%	.480	103.1	22%	.471	101.7	11%	.422	98.2
SAS	42%	.487	103.7	24%	.439	99.0	21%	.437	97.6	11%	.410	92.8
SEA	43%	.536	113.4	23%	.480	106.8	21%	.476	110.3	11%	.449	106.5
TOR	42%	.530	115.2	24%	.491	109.0	22%	.500	107.1	11%	.425	96.6
UTA	43%	.550	117.3	24%	.461	103.6	21%	.486	111.5	10%	.448	102.2
WAS	42%	.545	114.7	23%	.494	108.4	21%	.480	104.1	11%	.404	93.1
CHA	43%	.545	115.4	23%	.497	109.0	22%	.453	101.0	10%	.443	99.0

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