Spurs' passing, shooting at high level

It looks like the San Antonio Spurs are back in business.

They improved to 11-3 since Feb. 27 with a 130-91 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder. San Antonio’s 130 points were a season high.

The Thunder fell to 18-11 when Russell Westbrook plays and Durant doesn’t, but it’s worth noting that’s split up as 13-1 against sub-.500 teams and 5-11 versus teams with recirds of .500 or better.

The Spurs were a late Thunder 3-pointer away from matching their largest margin of victory under Gregg Popovich (the mark remains a 42-point win against the Sacramento Kings during the 1997-98 season).

San Antonio is now 15-5 when their regular starting lineup plays (Tony Parker, Danny Green,Kawhi Leonard, Tim Duncan and Tiago Splitter).

How they’re winning: Parker in the paint
The Spurs are rolling because their offense is clicking. All five of their starters shot 50 percent or better from the field on Wednesday. San Antonio shot 58 percent from the field, the second time in 11 days that they shot the ball that well and the third-best that they’ve shot from the field this season.

The Spurs are averaging 112.4 points per game during this 14-game run, 12 points better than what they averaged prior to the start of this stretch. They rank first in the league in points per game, offensive efficiency and assist-to-turnover ratio since Feb. 27.

When the Spurs made at least two passes on a possession on Wednesday, they shot 65 percent from the field and had an assist to turnover ratio of 24-to-4.

One of the keys to the Spurs' recent success was on display on Wednesday.

Tony Parker scored 10 of his game-high 21 points in the paint. He has scored at least 10 points in the paint seven times this month. He had scored 10 or more only nine times all season entering March.

Parker averaged 5.8 points and 52 percent shooting in the paint this season through the end of February. In 12 games this month, he’s averaging 9.8 points and shooting 66 percent in the paint.

Elias Sports Bureau Stat of the Night
The Spurs were the only home team to win on Wednesday. The 12-1 record by road teams is an NBA best on a single day with a minimum of 10 games played.

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Four Factors look at Thursday's Sweet 16

Below is a short preview of each of Thursday’s Sweet 16 matchups. Included in the preview is a “factor to watch” based on Dean Oliver’s Four Factors of basketball success, which have been shown to correlate with winning: shooting, turnovers, rebounding and free throws.

7 Wichita State vs. 3 Notre Dame
BPI Edge: Wichita State 50.1 percent -- projected to be the closest game of the Sweet 16.

This matchup might come down to ... the backcourts. Fred VanVleet and Ron Baker of Wichita State and Jerian Grant and Demetrius Jackson of Notre Dame are two of the best backcourts in the nation. Each duo has combined for more than 12 win shares, an estimate of the wins a player produces for his team.

Most win shares among guard duos, 2014-15 seasons
Fred VanVleet-Ron Baker, Wichita State, 13.3
Delon Wright-Brandon Taylor, Utah, 13.3
Jerian Grant-Demetrius Jackson, Notre Dame 12.8
Source: CBB Reference

(Four) Factor to watch: Shooting: Notre Dame ranks second in the nation in effective field goal percentage, behind Gonzaga. Because Notre Dame ranks outside of the top 100 defensively, it is reliant on its efficient offense; the Irish’s three worst shooting performances resulted in losses. Meanwhile, Wichita State has allowed the second-lowest effective field goal percentage in the nation since the start of February.

4 North Carolina vs. 1 Wisconsin
BPI Edge: Wisconsin 76 percent

This matchup might come down to ... which team can control the tempo. Wisconsin averages 59.8 possessions per game, seventh fewest in the nation and 10 fewer than UNC, the fastest-paced team in the ACC. The Tar Heels have never been held to a pace as slow as Wisconsin’s season average for possessions this season, but of their seven lowest-possession games of the season, they lost five.

(Four) Factor to watch: Rebounding: UNC rebounds more than 40 percent of its missed shots, the fifth-highest offensive rebound percentage in the country. This leads to 14.2 second-chance points per game. Wisconsin rebounds 76 percent of its opponents’ missed shots, fourth-best in the nation.

5 West Virginia vs. 1 Kentucky
BPI Edge: Kentucky 92 percent -- projected to be the most lopsided game.

This matchup might come down to ... whether West Virginia can create offense from its turnovers. The Mountaineers force a turnover on 28 percent of their opponents’ possessions, best in the nation, which leads to a Division I-high 20.7 points per game off turnovers. In the half court, Kentucky is allowing a Division I-best 0.68 points per possession, and West Virginia ranks 258th in the nation in half-court efficiency, so the Mountaineers will have to get out and run to score with the Wildcats.

(Four) Factor to watch: Rebounding: West Virginia and Kentucky are two of seven teams that rebound at least 40 percent of their own missed shots. Each team scores about 13 points per game off offensive rebounds. One weakness for Kentucky is defensive rebounding (ranking 196th), so West Virginia might be able to score some easy points on putbacks.

6 Xavier vs. 2 Arizona
BPI Edge: Arizona 84 percent

This matchup might come down to ... which point guard can make plays. T.J. McConnell and Dee Davis have the highest and third-highest assist rates among players remaining in the NCAA tournament, according to KenPom.com. Each player has been responsible for more than a third of his team’s points in the tournament.

(Four) Factor to watch: Rebounding: Xavier rebounded 33 percent of its missed shots in each of its first two NCAA tournament games, resulting in 25 second-chance points and contributing to its off-the-charts 63.9 effective field goal percentage. Arizona is the best defensive rebounding team in the nation, grabbing 78 percent of its opponents’ missed shots.

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The most eye-popping stats from Kentucky's historic rout of West Virginia

Here's a closer look at how top overall seed Kentucky defeated West Virginia to advance to the Elite Eight:

Kentucky took the lead with 18:33 left in the first half and never gave it up. With a 78-39 win, the Wildcats became the first team since 1940 to score twice as many points as their opponent in the NCAA tournament regional semifinals or later. The most recent instance was when Indiana defeated Springfield (Mass.) 48-24. Indiana went on to win the title.

Doubled Opponent's Score

Kentucky is just the second team in NCAA tourney history to double up its opponent in a regional semifinal or later.

	1940 Indiana	2015 Kentucky
Round	Regional Semis	Regional Semis
Opponent	Springfield (MA)	West Virginia
Score	48-24	78-39
Tourney Result	Won title	?

• West Virginia's 39 points were the fewest scored in a Sweet 16 game since the tournament expanded to 32 teams in 1975. It's also a school record for fewest in an NCAA tournament game and the fewest scored by any team in this year’s tournament.

• The 39-point victory is tied for the largest win in Sweet 16 history. There have been four 30-point wins in the Sweet 16, three of them by Kentucky.

• This was the largest win by a John Calipari-led team in the tournament.

• The Wildcats held the Mountaineers to a 24.1 field goal percentage, the lowest ever in a Sweet 16 game. It's the worst field goal percentage by the Mountaineers in a tournament game in the past 50 years.

• In three games so far in this tournament, Kentucky has held opponents to a 28.4 field goal percentage.

• The Wildcats outscored West Virginia by 22 points in the paint Thursday. The Mountaineers had more shots in the paint blocked (seven) than they made (six). West Virginia’s 12 paint points are tied for the fewest by a team in the 2015 NCAA tournament.

• Kentucky outscored West Virginia 25-2 in transition Thursday, the largest differential of this year's tournament.

Next, Kentucky gets Notre Dame in the Elite Eight. The teams have played two other times in tournament history. In 1970, Kentucky won by 10, and in 1958, the Wildcats won by 33 en route to the title. Notre Dame is 0-4 against 1-seeds in the NCAA tournament.

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Stats to know: Warriors clinch Pacific title

ESPNThe Warriors' division title was a long time coming.

The last time the Golden State Warriors won a division title, Stephen Curry’s father was 11 years old.

The younger Curry led his team to its first division title in 39 years with a win over the Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday night. The Warriors are 58-13, 4 ½ games ahead of the Hawks for the best record in the NBA and eight games up on the Grizzlies for the top seed in the Western Conference.

Their record is nearly the inverse of that of the team that Warriors coach Steve Kerr could have coached this season, the 14-57 Knicks.

The 58 wins are one shy of the franchise record for wins in a season, set by those last division champs, the 1975-76 team that in defense of its title from the previous season lost to the Suns in the Western Conference finals.

The 2014-15 team started well (by winning 21 of 23, including 16 in a row) and looks to be finishing well, with Tuesday’s win extending its current winning streak to seven games. The Warriors snapped the NBA's longest drought without a division title.

How have these Warriors pulled it off?

Curry and Thompson have been amazing
Stephen Curry’s scoring average (23.5 points per game) is nearly equal to what it was last season (24.0), but he’s been slightly more efficient (his PER has gone up every season he's been in the league). He leads the NBA in 3-pointers, free-throw percentage and steals.

Klay Thompson is on pace for career-best shooting percentages from both 2-point range and 3-point range. He’s averaging three fewer minutes per game this season, but he’s doing more in them, scoring three more points per game.

But it’s not just them
The players surrounding Curry and Thompson have not just filled their roles, they’ve excelled in them.

Chief among those is Draymond Green, who filled the box score on Tuesday night with 14 points, 11 rebounds, eight assists and three blocked shots. Green is closing in on the first 100-block, 100 3-pointers season in Warriors history and should be the only NBA player to hit both of those benchmarks this season.

Defense
This is arguably the best defensive team the Warriors have had relative to the rest of the NBA. They lead the NBA in defensive efficiency while playing at the fastest pace in the league.

Opponents are shooting 42.3 percent from the field against the Warriors, the lowest opponents’ field-goal percentage in the NBA this season.

If the Warriors can maintain that, it would be the lowest opponents’ field goal percentage they’ve ever allowed in a non-shortened season.

Most memorable win: Thompson’s amazing game
The Warriors’ most memorable win might have been the most memorable performance of the NBA season. Thompson scored a career-high 52 points against the Kings, including an NBA single-quarter record 37 points in the third quarter.

Thompson was 13-of-13 from the field and 9-of-9 from 3-point range. The nine 3-pointers set a record for a quarter. The 13 field goals tied the NBA mark. It was a true one-man show. Thompson’s teammates were a combined 1-of-7 from the field for four points in the quarter.

Looking ahead
The Warriors have won eight division titles as a franchise. Five of the previous seven resulted in appearances in the NBA Finals, with the Warriors winning two and losing three.

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Spurs' passing, shooting at high level

It looks like the San Antonio Spurs are back in business.

They improved to 11-3 since Feb. 27 with a 130-91 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder. San Antonio’s 130 points were a season high.

The Thunder fell to 18-11 when Russell Westbrook plays and Durant doesn’t, but it’s worth noting that’s split up as 13-1 against sub-.500 teams and 5-11 versus teams with recirds of .500 or better.

The Spurs were a late Thunder 3-pointer away from matching their largest margin of victory under Gregg Popovich (the mark remains a 42-point win against the Sacramento Kings during the 1997-98 season).

San Antonio is now 15-5 when their regular starting lineup plays (Tony Parker, Danny Green,Kawhi Leonard, Tim Duncan and Tiago Splitter).

How they’re winning: Parker in the paint
The Spurs are rolling because their offense is clicking. All five of their starters shot 50 percent or better from the field on Wednesday. San Antonio shot 58 percent from the field, the second time in 11 days that they shot the ball that well and the third-best that they’ve shot from the field this season.

The Spurs are averaging 112.4 points per game during this 14-game run, 12 points better than what they averaged prior to the start of this stretch. They rank first in the league in points per game, offensive efficiency and assist-to-turnover ratio since Feb. 27.

When the Spurs made at least two passes on a possession on Wednesday, they shot 65 percent from the field and had an assist to turnover ratio of 24-to-4.

One of the keys to the Spurs' recent success was on display on Wednesday.

Tony Parker scored 10 of his game-high 21 points in the paint. He has scored at least 10 points in the paint seven times this month. He had scored 10 or more only nine times all season entering March.

Parker averaged 5.8 points and 52 percent shooting in the paint this season through the end of February. In 12 games this month, he’s averaging 9.8 points and shooting 66 percent in the paint.

Elias Sports Bureau Stat of the Night
The Spurs were the only home team to win on Wednesday. The 12-1 record by road teams is an NBA best on a single day with a minimum of 10 games played.

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Four Factors look at Thursday's Sweet 16

Below is a short preview of each of Thursday’s Sweet 16 matchups. Included in the preview is a “factor to watch” based on Dean Oliver’s Four Factors of basketball success, which have been shown to correlate with winning: shooting, turnovers, rebounding and free throws.

7 Wichita State vs. 3 Notre Dame
BPI Edge: Wichita State 50.1 percent -- projected to be the closest game of the Sweet 16.

This matchup might come down to ... the backcourts. Fred VanVleet and Ron Baker of Wichita State and Jerian Grant and Demetrius Jackson of Notre Dame are two of the best backcourts in the nation. Each duo has combined for more than 12 win shares, an estimate of the wins a player produces for his team.

Most win shares among guard duos, 2014-15 seasons
Fred VanVleet-Ron Baker, Wichita State, 13.3
Delon Wright-Brandon Taylor, Utah, 13.3
Jerian Grant-Demetrius Jackson, Notre Dame 12.8
Source: CBB Reference

(Four) Factor to watch: Shooting: Notre Dame ranks second in the nation in effective field goal percentage, behind Gonzaga. Because Notre Dame ranks outside of the top 100 defensively, it is reliant on its efficient offense; the Irish’s three worst shooting performances resulted in losses. Meanwhile, Wichita State has allowed the second-lowest effective field goal percentage in the nation since the start of February.

4 North Carolina vs. 1 Wisconsin
BPI Edge: Wisconsin 76 percent

This matchup might come down to ... which team can control the tempo. Wisconsin averages 59.8 possessions per game, seventh fewest in the nation and 10 fewer than UNC, the fastest-paced team in the ACC. The Tar Heels have never been held to a pace as slow as Wisconsin’s season average for possessions this season, but of their seven lowest-possession games of the season, they lost five.

(Four) Factor to watch: Rebounding: UNC rebounds more than 40 percent of its missed shots, the fifth-highest offensive rebound percentage in the country. This leads to 14.2 second-chance points per game. Wisconsin rebounds 76 percent of its opponents’ missed shots, fourth-best in the nation.

5 West Virginia vs. 1 Kentucky
BPI Edge: Kentucky 92 percent -- projected to be the most lopsided game.

This matchup might come down to ... whether West Virginia can create offense from its turnovers. The Mountaineers force a turnover on 28 percent of their opponents’ possessions, best in the nation, which leads to a Division I-high 20.7 points per game off turnovers. In the half court, Kentucky is allowing a Division I-best 0.68 points per possession, and West Virginia ranks 258th in the nation in half-court efficiency, so the Mountaineers will have to get out and run to score with the Wildcats.

(Four) Factor to watch: Rebounding: West Virginia and Kentucky are two of seven teams that rebound at least 40 percent of their own missed shots. Each team scores about 13 points per game off offensive rebounds. One weakness for Kentucky is defensive rebounding (ranking 196th), so West Virginia might be able to score some easy points on putbacks.

6 Xavier vs. 2 Arizona
BPI Edge: Arizona 84 percent

This matchup might come down to ... which point guard can make plays. T.J. McConnell and Dee Davis have the highest and third-highest assist rates among players remaining in the NCAA tournament, according to KenPom.com. Each player has been responsible for more than a third of his team’s points in the tournament.

(Four) Factor to watch: Rebounding: Xavier rebounded 33 percent of its missed shots in each of its first two NCAA tournament games, resulting in 25 second-chance points and contributing to its off-the-charts 63.9 effective field goal percentage. Arizona is the best defensive rebounding team in the nation, grabbing 78 percent of its opponents’ missed shots.

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