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Username Post: Zena and/or Lewis
mrjames 
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01-02-17 11:56 AM - Post#217178    
    In response to HARVARDDADGRAD

I've got Z and Lewis on the court together for 46 poss of Harvard's 528 this season (9%).

It's not a lot, but Harvard is 47-27 ahead in 46 poss. The big driver is oppt OREB rate (18%), which is 31% when they aren't on the floor together.

At the same time, oppts are only hitting 12% of threes, which would obviously regress over time and they're shooting just 55% from the line. But Harvard is a little better in defense around the rim with those two on the floor together.

The overall numbers are pretty stark, but we'd need to see more sample before declaring those two a stalwart defensive pairing.

Looking at the stats of them separately, though, really it's Z driving the defensive numbers. Lewis without Z is 84 ORAT, 103 DRAT, driven by oppt offensive rebounding rate (35%), which balloons without Z. Z is still 94 ORAT 93 DRAT without Lewis and his without Lewis oppt offensive rebounding rate is 29.5% and oppts are shooting just 35% at the rim.

So, again, there's pretty strong evidence that Z's on court presence makes this team better defensively (even though he tends to struggle with oppt half court offense). It's not so clear that Lewis does, but it's something to monitor over time. The answer could simply be that Z can stand alone as the only big, whereas Lewis is better with another big to help.

Your eyes are not deceiving you, though - Lewis and Z have been insanely good defensively in their 46 poss together on court thus far.
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