Why These NBA Playoff Stats Don’t Match the Real Game — A Data-Driven Breakdown

The Numbers Don’t Lie — But People Do

I’ve watched 15 playoff matches this season. Every scoreline was logged, every x-oss-process=image%2Fresize%2Cw_800 parsed. The raw data doesn’t care about your favorite team. It doesn’t care if you believe in ‘hot streaks.’ What it cares about is spatial utilization — how players occupy court space under pressure.

I analyzed ORTG/DRTG ratios across all 15 fixtures: Busan vs Gyeongju (3:1), Yokoh vs Hammer (2:1), and yes — even Fushan’s win over New泻 (3:2). The patterns are not emotional. They’re geometric.

Spatial Efficiency > Emotional Hype

Coaches talk about ‘momentum.’ Analysts talk about ‘clutch.’ I talk about how many square feet a player occupies per possession when defending the baseline.

Take match #009: Kashi vs Daejon (1:2, 1:3, 2:3). The final score says loss. But look at the midcourt movement — player X moved to exploit corner space while Daejon’s defense collapsed into low-traffic zones.

The Quiet Truth in Zone Usage

You think ‘winning’ is scoring goals? No. Winning is controlling space before the whistle blows.

Match #013: Pohang vs Jeju (2:0) wasn’t a blowout because of star power — it was because one player controlled half-court transition with zero wasted motion.

I don’t need to like teams to validate my analysis. I need data that resists VR noise.

You Think You See It?

The scoreboard lies because people project hope onto pixels. But geometry doesn’t blink. It just calculates.