Charting Duke vs. Charlotte

[Jumbo]

Obviously, in a blowout of this magnitude, all plus/minus stats should be taken with several grains of salt. That said Miles Plumlee and Ryan Kelly really stand out for their performances. Miles' numbers matched the eye test -- he plaid great. And going into the season, I didn't think Kelly would contribute much. He still might not be a big factor against good teams -- remember that Taylor King started his career with some big plus/minus performances against bad teams -- but he's showing hopeful signs. Oh, and clearly Jordan Davidson should play 40 minutes a night.

Anyway, onto the numbers ...

Individuals
Miles Plumlee 70-30 (+40)
Jon Scheyer 77-41 (+36)
Kyle Singler 72-36 (+36)
Nolan Smith 78-46 (+32)
Ryan Kelly 46-17 (+29)
Andre Dawkins 48-31 (+17)
Lance Thomas 47-30 (+17)
Jordan Davidson 14-7 (+7)
Olek Czyz 23-20 (+3)
Brian Zoubek 27-27 (+0)
Steve Johnson 3-5 (-2)
Casey Peters 0-5 (-5)

Per 40 Minutes
Jordan Davidson +140
Ryan Kelly +72.5
Miles Plumlee +66.7
Kyle Singler +55.4
Jon Scheyer +49.7
Lance Thomas +42.5
Nolan Smith +40
Andre Dawkins +32.4
Olek Czyz +10.9
Brian Zoubek +0
Steve Johnson -40
Casey Peters -200

Lineups
Scheyer-Smith-Singler-Thomas-Miles (x2) 25-12 (+13)
Scheyer-Smith-Dawkins-Singler-Kelly 9-2 (+7)
Scheyer-Smith-Singler-Kelly-Miles 8-2 (+6)
Smith-Dawkins-Singler-Kelly-Miles 5-0 (+5)
Davidson-Dawkins-Czyz-Kelly-Miles 5-0 (+5)
Scheyer-Davidson-Singler-Thomas-Miles 5-2 (+3)
Davidson-Johnson-Czyz-Miles-Zoubek 3-0 (+3)
Scheyer-Smith-Singler-Kelly-Zoubek 3-0 (+3)
Scheyer-Smith-Dawkins-Kelly-Miles (x2) 7-5 (+2)
Scheyer-Smith-Singler-Miles-Zoubek 2-0 (+2)
Scheyer-Dawkins-Singler-Kelly-Zoubek 2-0 (+2)
Scheyer-Dawkins-Thomas-Czyz-Miles 7-6 (+1)
Davidson-Dawkins-Thomas-Czyz-Miles 1-0 (+1)
Scheyer-Smith-Singler-Thomas-Zoubek (x2) 7-7 (+0)
Smith-Dawkins-Czyz-Kelly-Zoubek 4-4 (+0)
Scheyer-Dawkins-Singler-Thomas-Zoubek 0-0 (+0)
Smith-Dawkins-Singler-Kelly-Zoubek 3-4 (-1)
Scheyer-Smith-Dawkins-Thomas-Miles 2-3 (-1)
Scheyer-Smith-Dawkins-Singler-Zoubek 0-2 (-2)
Smith-Dawkins-Singler-Czyz-Zoubek 3-5 (-2)
Davidson-Peters-Johnson-Czyz-Zoubek 0-5 (-5)

[Kedsy]

Big comedown for Z today, after being a plus/minus star the first two games. Anomaly? Or was there something about Charlotte that stymied him? Or just a bad game? It's odd because with his stellar numbers (9 and 13 in 16 minutes) it seemed like a good game for him.

With his excellent per minute numbers generally, both last year and this year, and his usually top notch plus/minus totals, I have often wondered whether the answer (a) he should get more minutes, whether he looks a little awkward or not; or (b) he can only play well against poor teams and in carefully chosen situations. Looking at the plus/minus numbers for Charlotte, I'm still wondering.

[camion]

Jordan Davidson continues his stellar play. I believe he's +80 and +140 per 40 minutes in the last two games. He really is his brother's brother. :)

[Heelkiller1]

I really liked what I saw the other night . With that being said I would still love to see more of the bench play before we get into ACC play.