Hellas World Order v HOWS HE GON GET DOWN, week 1

Hellas World Order beat HOWS HE GON GET DOWN 5-4 on free-throw percentage, 79.77% to 79.76%, about as fine a margin as a category can be won by. It was also the only matchup this week to change hands twice: Hellas World Order led 5-4 after each of the first two days, HOWS HE GON GET DOWN went ahead 6-3 on Thursday 22 Oct, and Hellas World Order took it back on Friday 23 Oct and held on.

Friday 23 Oct was Hellas World Order's night. Domantas Sabonis had 27 points, 19 rebounds and 10 assists, Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 36, OG Anunoby had 20 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists, and Amen Thompson and P.J. Washington added 20 each. All five had their best game of the week that night.

Domantas Sabonis was the engine all week: 52 rebounds in three games, 17.3 a game against a projected 13.6, on 81% shooting. Amen Thompson added 31 more, and Hellas World Order won rebounds 243 to 198. Grayson Allen hit 12 threes and Duncan Robinson 5 in his one game, as Hellas World Order took threes 59 to 55.

Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 28.3 a game against a projected 32.1, and gave less elsewhere too: 8.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists against projections of 11.4 and 6.3. Egor Dëmin shot 31% and Payton Pritchard 36%, and Hellas World Order still won the field-goal battle 48.3% to 45.9%.

HOWS HE GON GET DOWN had the volume: 44 games to 40 on Yahoo's count, and the points, 643 to 599. Jaylen Brown played four games for 83 points, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander averaged 27.7, with 32 points, 3 steals and 3 blocks on Tuesday 20 Oct, and Austin Reaves scored 26.7 a game on 64% shooting. Dejounte Murray had 7 steals and 4 blocks, part of HOWS HE GON GET DOWN winning steals 57 to 34 and blocks 35 to 14, and Joel Embiid put up 28 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists on Saturday 24 Oct. Assists went their way by the smallest of margins, 145 to 144.

Of those 44 games, four were starts that came up empty: Joel Embiid, Brandin Podziemski, Keegan Murray and Kevin Porter Jr. each sat out a night in the lineup, so on the floor it was 40 to 39. Some of their scorers came in under, too: LaMelo Ball averaged 16.0 points against a projected 23.9, Jakob Poeltl 3.0 against 12.0, and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander shot 44% against a projected 54%.

Player	G	v proj	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	3PM	TO	FG%	FT%
Domantas SabonisSAC	3	+6%	56	52	21	3	0	1	12	81%	87%
Giannis AntetokounmpoMIA	3	−22%	85	24	9	4	1	1	9	57%	67%
Amen ThompsonHOU	3	+6%	53	31	14	4	2	2	5	49%	87%
Norman PowellCHI	3	−14%	58	11	5	6	0	7	6	34%	85%
OG AnunobyNYK	3	−7%	52	18	10	1	1	6	7	41%	82%
De'Aaron FoxSAS	2	+9%	33	10	16	4	1	2	4	60%	70%
P.J. WashingtonDAL	3	−5%	42	21	4	0	4	4	6	50%	55%
Grayson AllenCHA	3	−1%	52	8	12	1	0	12	8	52%	91%
Isaiah HartensteinOKC	3	−31%	22	21	6	2	2	0	6	43%	100%
Derrick WhiteBOS	2	−19%	29	5	14	2	0	5	5	50%	–
Egor DëminBKN	3	−35%	29	8	9	3	0	6	7	31%	100%
Ausar ThompsonDET · sat out 1 start	2	−16%	15	14	10	2	1	0	6	46%	100%
Jaylon TysonCLE	2	−11%	18	7	6	2	2	3	4	39%	50%
Payton PritchardBOS	2	−44%	21	5	5	0	0	3	2	36%	80%
Duncan RobinsonDET	1	+44%	21	3	3	0	0	5	1	50%	80%
Saddiq BeyNOP	1	−34%	13	5	0	0	0	2	2	44%	100%
Total	39		599	243	144	34	14	59	90	48.3%	79.8%

Player

v proj

PTS

REB

AST

STL

BLK

3PM

FG%

FT%

Domantas SabonisSAC

+6%

81%

87%

Giannis AntetokounmpoMIA

−22%

57%

67%

Amen ThompsonHOU

+6%

49%

87%

Norman PowellCHI

−14%

34%

85%

OG AnunobyNYK

−7%

41%

82%

De'Aaron FoxSAS

+9%

60%

70%

P.J. WashingtonDAL

−5%

50%

55%

Grayson AllenCHA

−1%

52%

91%

Isaiah HartensteinOKC

−31%

43%

100%

Derrick WhiteBOS

−19%

50%

–

Egor DëminBKN

−35%

31%

100%

Ausar ThompsonDET · sat out 1 start

−16%

46%

100%

Jaylon TysonCLE

−11%

39%

50%

Payton PritchardBOS

−44%

36%

80%

Duncan RobinsonDET

+44%

50%

80%

Saddiq BeyNOP

−34%

44%

100%

Total

599

243

144

48.3%

79.8%

Player	G	v proj	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	3PM	TO	FG%	FT%
Jaylen BrownPHI	4	−4%	83	23	19	5	2	8	10	42%	72%
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderOKC	3	−8%	83	14	12	5	5	7	4	44%	86%
Joel EmbiidPHI · sat out 1 start	3	−3%	65	29	17	3	3	3	9	39%	81%
Dejounte MurrayNOP	3	+15%	61	15	19	7	4	3	9	49%	89%
Austin ReavesLAL	3	+2%	80	7	19	5	3	8	13	64%	90%
LaMelo BallMIN	3	−27%	48	8	19	6	0	11	6	42%	71%
Kyshawn GeorgeWAS	3	+9%	51	17	11	3	5	2	15	45%	81%
Isaiah JacksonLAC	3	+27%	29	17	7	6	2	0	7	67%	25%
Matas BuzelisCHI	3	−21%	45	16	5	1	3	2	8	37%	84%
Day'Ron SharpeBKN	3	−20%	26	20	5	2	3	2	7	53%	50%
Keon EllisBKN	2	+35%	15	3	4	6	1	3	2	55%	–
Jakob PoeltlTOR	3	−55%	9	16	2	2	2	0	2	50%	60%
Brandin PodziemskiGSW · sat out 1 start	1	+10%	18	2	3	3	1	2	4	41%	100%
Aaron WigginsATL	1	+71%	16	5	2	1	1	4	0	46%	–
Keegan MurraySAC · sat out 1 start	2	−51%	14	6	1	2	0	0	1	29%	100%
Total	40		643	198	145	57	35	55	97	45.9%	79.8%

Player

v proj

PTS

REB

AST

STL

BLK

3PM

FG%

FT%

Jaylen BrownPHI

−4%

42%

72%

Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderOKC

−8%

44%

86%

Joel EmbiidPHI · sat out 1 start

−3%

39%

81%

Dejounte MurrayNOP

+15%

49%

89%

Austin ReavesLAL

+2%

64%

90%

LaMelo BallMIN

−27%

42%

71%

Kyshawn GeorgeWAS

+9%

45%

81%

Isaiah JacksonLAC

+27%

67%

25%

Matas BuzelisCHI

−21%

37%

84%

Day'Ron SharpeBKN

−20%

53%

50%

Keon EllisBKN

+35%

55%

–

Jakob PoeltlTOR

−55%

50%

60%

Brandin PodziemskiGSW · sat out 1 start

+10%

41%

100%

Aaron WigginsATL

+71%

46%

–

Keegan MurraySAC · sat out 1 start

−51%

29%

100%

Total

643

198

145

45.9%

79.8%

Hellas World Order wins it at the free-throw line

Box scores

Hellas World Order

HOWS HE GON GET DOWN

Hellas World Order	Category	HOWS HE GON GET DOWN
48.3%	FG%	45.9%
79.77%	FT%decider	79.76%
59	3PM	55
599	PTS	643
243	REB	198
144	AST	145
34	STL	57
14	BLK	35
90	TO	97
39+1 sat out	Games played	40+4 sat out

Hellas World Order wins it at the free-throw line

Box scores

HW Hellas World Order

HH HOWS HE GON GET DOWN

Hellas World Order

HOWS HE GON GET DOWN