2015 Eastern Conference playoffs, round 1

[Mike G]

What accounts for the Raptors' total collapse?
Here are players' RS (line 1) and PO rates (line 2) -- per 36 min rates, adjusted:

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mpg   Eff%   Sco   Reb   Ast    PF   Stl   TO   Blk   e484
DeMar DeRozan                           
35   .499   21.2   5.0   3.7   2.1   1.3   2.4   .2   1.37
40   .458   16.1   5.9   4.2   2.7   1.4   2.3   .0   1.02
Kyle Lowry                           
34   .519   19.5   5.1   7.2   3.2   1.6   2.6   .2   1.60
33   .392   10.8   6.4   4.3   5.0   1.4   3.4   .0    .49
Amir Johnson                           
26   .595   13.9   8.6   2.2   4.1   .8   2.0   1.1    .92
28   .657   16.6   9.4   1.0   5.2   .3   2.3   1.0    .98
Terrence Ross                           
26   .517   14.1   4.0   1.5   2.3    .9   1.2   .4    .53
27   .483    8.4   2.1   1.1   3.4   1.0    .7  1.4    .08
Patrick Patterson                           
27   .563   11.4   7.4   2.6   2.4   1.0    .9   .7    .78
26   .707   15.9   4.9   1.4   1.7   1.0   1.0   .0    .73

mpg   Eff%   Sco   Reb   Ast    PF   Stl   TO   Blk   e484
Jonas Valanciunas                           
26   .609   18.4   12.3   .7   3.8    .6   1.9  1.6   1.53
27   .536   14.9   13.3   .6   2.4    .7   1.4   .3   1.20
Lou Williams                           
25   .552   23.2   2.7   2.9   1.8   1.5   1.8   .2   1.36
26   .425   14.6   2.5   1.4   3.1   2.1   1.1   .0    .57
Greivis Vasquez                           
24   .511   14.2   4.0   5.6   3.1    .8   2.1   .2    .84
25   .492    9.6   2.6   3.4   5.3    .7   1.4   .0    .15
Tyler Hansbrough                           
14   .576    9.5   8.9    .7   4.6   1.0    .7   .5    .51
12   .357    2.8   4.8   1.8   6.1   1.5   1.6   .8   -.21
James Johnson                           
20   .609   15.9   6.8   2.6   3.9   1.4   2.0  1.8   1.08
3    .222    6.3   6.2   2.4    .0    .0    .0   .0    .20

Only 2 players shot better in their playoff series than in the RS: Amir Johnson and Patterson. PP's other productions were down, though. Amir is the only member of the team who stepped up overall.

James Johnson had some great off-the-bench numbers in the RS; nonexistant in the PO.

The team shot .544 in the RS, then .487 in PO
Kyle Lowry's dropoff was mind boggling. Any story here?

[bondom343]

Lowry had some back spasms late season, and carried a pretty heavy load w/ Derozan out for a while too. After the back issues he just never seemed right. He returned early/mid April and was bad to end the RS too. He ended the RS returning for the last 4 games and was about as bad as he was in the playoffs.