2022-23 Toronto Raptors: Starters’ Key Statistics
We’ve looked at how the bench fares among other benches, so let’s take a view at the starting five and how they rank.
Head Coach Nick Nurse overplayed the starters as the bench was too inconsistent to trust, but was he correct to do that? Were the starting five actually good?
Is this starting group not adequate anymore? Has the starting five lost the dominance that they had a year prior?
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All these questions will be answered, and more.
Key statistics
- 33.8 minutes per game (1st)
- 84.9 points per game (4th)
- 45.8% field goal success per game (28th)
- 33.9% three-point success per game (26th)
- 18.2 free-throw attempts per game (6th)
- 80.2% free-throw makes per game (14th)
- 7.9 offensive rebounds per game (2nd)
- 20.6 defensive rebounds per game (25th)
- 19.6 assists per game (3rd)
- 8.1 turnovers per game (3rd-best)
- 6.7 steals per game (1st)
- 3.3 blocks per game (8th)
The Raptors’ starters play the most minutes in the NBA among other starters with 33.8 minutes per game, and score the fourth-most points per game, but don’t do it with much efficiency. Their field goal and 3-point percentages are among the worst in the league, and as expected they are among the best at hustle statistics such as offensive rebounds, steals and blocks per game.
Advanced statistics
- 82.4 offensive rating (3rd)
- 80.4 defensive rating (28th)
- 2.0 net rating (9th)
- 52.3% effective field goals (29th)
- 55.7% true shooting (28th)
So, the starters have the 3rd best offensive rating in the NBA, while somehow being one of the worst defensive teams on the ratings, anyway. Their net rating is pretty good but fueled by their offense. Was it a lack of effort?
Despite boasting one of the better offensive ratings in the NBA, the Raptors land one of the worst in effective field goal percentage and true shooting percentage.
A weird mix, that’s fair to say.
