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How well is Aaron Gordon playing?

Somebody asked in a thread a while back if somebody could track Gordon's play through the season and examine the conditions in which he seems to play well or poorly. Well, here's something like that.

A quick key to what I'm tracking:

Home/Away | Win/Loss | Good game/Average game/Bad game | Good Opponent/Average Opponent/Bad Opponent

The quality of games and opponents is a pretty subjective thing to determine. I tried to focus on efficiency of Gordon's play (good shooting, lower turnovers) more than raw stats, though some games were still hard to judge (like when he got a triple double but shot badly), so I gave myself that "Average game" designation as a copout. With opponents, I basically just went with their record and then my estimation of their rosters, though I had to make some decisions there too (the Cavaliers are .500 and beat some good opponents, but I don't think they'll be a playoff contender). So plenty to quibble with. I also noted any extenuating circumstances (like obvious minute restrictions or significant team injuries).

All that said, here's what I have so far by game:

1. Home | Win | Gg | AO
2. Away | Win | Gg | BO
3. Away | Win | Bg | BO (low minutes)
4. Away | Win | Ag | BO
5. Home | Loss | Bg | GO (low minutes)
6. Home | Loss | Ag |BO (Fournier out until game 15)
7. Home | Win | Gg | AO
8. Home | Win | Gg | AO (Fultz injured)
9. DNP
10. Away | Loss | Bg | GO
11. Home | Loss | Gg | GO
12. Away | Loss | Ag | GO
13. Away | Loss | Bg | GO
14. Away | Loss | Ag | BO
15. Away | Win | Ag | BO (Fournier back)

A couple things I've noticed: he's played better in some wins, worse in some losses, but it's certainly not 1:1. I also only found one "good" game against a "good" opponent and one "bad" game against a "bad" opponent so there's not much I can conclude about strength of competition. He's played slightly better home than away, though with limited crowds there's not much to conclude there either. In 7 games before Fultz's injury, AG's A/To was 12/9; 7 games afterwards (including the game the injury happened) it was 42/24.

Let me know if this is interesting and if you have any issues/suggestions about how I'm approaching this. This isn't something I tend to do so I'm still figuring out the organizational aspects.

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