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Oklahoma City Thunder

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Also known as: Oklahoma City Thunder
Program History

Model Outputs

1997-1998
Catalog

Output is shown as model rating with league rank in parentheses when available.

Model Output Notes
Elo Elo Streaming paired-comparison rating with recency baked into sequential updates. More → 1125 (#8) -
Bradley-Terry Bradley-Terry Static logistic paired-comparison model with one team strength parameter. More → 1201 (#4) -
Margin Margin Linear team-strength model fit on point differential instead of binary wins. HCA +3.0 More → +5.5 (#4) HCA +3.0
Pythagorean Pythagorean Pythagorean win expectation from raw points scored and allowed. More → 0.702 (#3) -

1998 Schedule & Results

Date Vs/At Opponent Result Score
1997-10-31 @ POR W 91 - 83
1997-11-01 vs DAL L 81 - 89
1997-11-04 vs HOU W 118 - 94
1997-11-06 @ TOR W 109 - 92
1997-11-07 @ IND W 99 - 93
1997-11-09 @ PHI W 112 - 105
1997-11-11 @ ATL L 87 - 89
1997-11-13 vs DET W 95 - 89
1997-11-14 @ UTA L 104 - 110
1997-11-16 vs MIL W 119 - 99
1997-11-19 vs VAN W 107 - 87
1997-11-21 vs SAS W 94 - 74
1997-11-22 @ DEN W 84 - 80
1997-11-25 vs CHI W 91 - 90
1997-11-28 vs SAC W 113 - 96
1997-12-02 @ WAS L 78 - 95
1997-12-03 @ NJN W 93 - 89
1997-12-05 @ DET W 94 - 89
1997-12-07 @ MIL L 91 - 97
1997-12-09 @ MIN W 108 - 99
1997-12-12 vs POR W 111 - 98
1997-12-14 vs LAC W 107 - 101
1997-12-16 @ LAC W 109 - 94
1997-12-18 vs DEN W 119 - 106
1997-12-20 vs GSW W 108 - 89
1997-12-23 vs MIN L 103 - 112
1997-12-26 @ SAC W 111 - 95
1997-12-28 @ PHX W 106 - 97
1997-12-30 @ GSW W 101 - 87
1998-01-02 vs PHI W 90 - 73
1998-01-04 @ VAN W 120 - 108
1998-01-06 vs CHH W 102 - 81
1998-01-08 @ CLE W 109 - 84
1998-01-09 @ BOS W 111 - 92
1998-01-11 @ NYK L 91 - 92
1998-01-13 @ CHI L 91 - 101
1998-01-15 vs MIA W 103 - 85
1998-01-17 vs CLE W 99 - 91
1998-01-19 @ HOU W 114 - 80
1998-01-20 @ DAL L 98 - 107
1998-01-24 vs LAL W 101 - 95
1998-01-26 @ SAC L 92 - 111
1998-01-28 @ UTA W 101 - 93
1998-01-29 vs GSW W 109 - 97
1998-02-01 vs NJN W 97 - 87
1998-02-10 @ HOU L 83 - 97
1998-02-11 @ SAS W 106 - 105
1998-02-13 @ LAL W 113 - 108
1998-02-18 vs POR W 101 - 95
1998-02-20 vs BOS L 96 - 106
1998-02-22 vs DEN W 88 - 68
1998-02-23 @ LAC W 101 - 100
1998-02-27 vs ATL W 90 - 88
1998-03-01 vs PHX W 89 - 87
1998-03-03 @ MIA W 97 - 91
1998-03-04 @ ORL L 83 - 96
1998-03-06 @ CHH L 98 - 104
1998-03-08 @ MIN W 99 - 98
1998-03-10 vs TOR W 111 - 93
1998-03-14 vs MIN W 114 - 80
1998-03-18 vs LAC W 99 - 80
1998-03-20 @ LAL L 80 - 93
1998-03-21 @ PHX L 102 - 109
1998-03-25 vs WAS W 133 - 109
1998-03-26 @ GSW L 91 - 98
1998-03-28 vs NYK W 104 - 78
1998-03-31 vs UTA W 88 - 86
1998-04-02 vs DAL W 107 - 86
1998-04-03 @ VAN W 138 - 98
1998-04-05 @ DEN W 87 - 83
1998-04-06 vs PHX L 92 - 102
1998-04-09 @ DAL W 103 - 101
1998-04-10 @ SAS L 84 - 99
1998-04-12 vs HOU W 103 - 95
1998-04-14 vs VAN W 110 - 98
1998-04-17 vs SAS L 87 - 89
1998-04-19 @ POR W 90 - 82
1998-04-24 vs MIN W 108 - 83
1998-04-26 vs MIN L 93 - 98
1998-04-28 @ MIN L 90 - 98
1998-04-30 @ MIN W 92 - 88
1998-05-02 vs MIN W 97 - 84
1998-05-04 vs LAL W 106 - 92
1998-05-06 vs LAL L 68 - 92
1998-05-08 @ LAL L 103 - 119
1998-05-10 @ LAL L 100 - 112
1998-05-12 vs LAL L 95 - 110

1998 Roster

Minutes by Position

The surface stays filled across the five on-court roles. Use the labels or legend to isolate how each player absorbs guard-to-big minutes.

Player Pos GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TO FGA Numbers PM PM/G PM/40 FG% 3P% FT% RAPM TS% eFG%
Gary Payton G 87 38.4 19.6 4.5 8.0 2.2 0.2 2.8 15.9 15.9 - - - 45.6 33.9 76.8 - 54.9 50.8
Vin Baker G 87 35.6 18.6 8.2 1.9 1.2 1.0 2.2 14.1 14.7 - - - 53.6 14.3 57.5 - 55.5 53.6
Detlef Schrempf G 83 35.0 15.8 7.2 4.3 0.7 0.2 2.1 11.7 14.6 - - - 48.8 40.3 84.8 - 58.2 52.0
Dale Ellis G 84 23.4 11.4 2.2 1.1 0.7 0.1 0.9 8.6 6.0 - - - 49.2 46.2 78.6 - 60.9 58.4
Hersey Hawkins G 87 31.4 10.8 4.2 2.8 1.7 0.2 1.2 7.9 10.6 - - - 44.2 40.9 87.1 - 59.6 53.7
Sam Perkins G 86 20.3 7.0 3.1 1.4 0.7 0.4 0.8 5.7 6.1 - - - 41.6 39.7 76.5 - 55.0 51.1
Jerome Kersey G 45 19.5 6.8 3.8 1.2 1.3 0.5 1.1 6.7 5.9 - - - 42.0 7.7 65.5 - 45.7 42.2
Greg Anthony G 84 12.3 5.0 1.4 2.5 0.8 0.0 1.1 4.3 4.2 - - - 42.1 41.0 62.2 - 53.3 51.5
Aaron Williams G 65 10.6 4.3 2.2 0.2 0.3 0.6 0.8 3.3 3.5 - - - 51.4 0.0 75.9 - 56.3 51.4
Nate McMillan G 24 14.8 3.2 2.3 2.8 0.7 0.2 0.5 3.5 5.3 - - - 34.5 37.8 100.0 - 45.7 44.6
Jim McIlvaine G 79 14.4 3.0 3.1 0.2 0.3 1.7 0.7 2.9 4.8 - - - 43.0 0.0 52.1 - 45.0 43.0
David Wingate G 58 8.4 2.7 1.3 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.6 2.4 2.0 - - - 47.5 42.9 54.3 - 49.9 48.6
James Cotton - 9 3.3 2.7 0.7 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.7 2.3 0.6 - - - 38.1 0.0 88.9 - 48.1 38.1
Stephen Howard - 12 3.4 1.8 1.0 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.5 1.8 1.1 - - - 38.1 0 42.9 - 40.5 38.1
George Zidek - 5 2.6 1.4 0.8 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.8 0.4 - - - 22.2 50.0 100.0 - 35.4 27.8
Eric Snow - 16 3.9 1.3 0.2 0.8 0.0 0.1 0.6 1.2 0.6 - - - 40.0 0.0 50.0 - 43.0 40.0

Numbers/Game vs RAPM

Not enough players with both Numbers/Game and RAPM to plot.

Advanced: Numbers = PTS+REB+AST+STL+BLK-TO-FGA, PM = total +/-, PM/G = per game, PM/40 = per 40 minutes, RAPM = Regularized Adj Plus-Minus, TS% = True Shooting, eFG% = Effective FG