On the whole of the season, as far as total points scored vs total points allowed, we have been one of the worst teams in the league. However, we are the only team in this group that is actually on an upward trend. I have included all of the worst teams in each division (except I picked 2 from Pacific and 0 from Southwest, because they are way better than our division is). I have also included Orlando, just to show a team trending the other way lately, putting our situation in perspective a bit.
SCORED ALLOWED +/-
LAC
Preseason 776 837 -61
Oct 262 306 -44
Nov 1496 1586 -90
Dec 837 843 -6
Total (excl pre) 2595 2735 -140
MIN
Preseason 881 841 40
Oct 301 311 -10
Nov 1417 1562 -145
Dec 1047 1089 -42
Total (excl pre) 2765 2962 -197
WAS
Preseason 667 662 5
Oct 178 211 -33
Nov 1384 1465 -81
Dec 771 863 -92
Total (excl pre) 2333 2539 -206
CLE
Preseason 654 593 61
Oct 280 295 -15
Nov 1328 1404 -76
Dec 823 979 -156
Total (excl pre) 2431 2678 -247
NJN
Preseason 654 691 -37
Oct 285 299 -14
Nov 1394 1448 -54
Dec 827 900 -73
Total (excl pre) 2506 2647 -141
SAC
Preseason 661 681 -20
Oct 324 326 -2
Nov 1185 1287 -102
Dec 756 825 -69
Total (excl pre) 2265 2438 -173
ORL
Preseason 719 544 175
Oct 182 179 3
Nov 1494 1383 111
Dec 746 755 -9
Total (excl pre) 2422 2317 105
So as you can see, we really shot ourselves in the foot with our no-show against Golden State in October, and we were pretty below-average (in this sample) in November. However, so far in this first half of December, we've been by far the best team of these weaker teams, and even better than the slumping Orlando. I mean, we still suck because we lose more than we win, but we're not completely hopeless.
Make what you will of the rest of the information, keeping in mind that +/- as a statistic can be misleading since blowouts can either expand into ridiculousness (like that Golden State game) or it can get pulled into single digits, simply because Team 1's C-squad is better than Team 2's C-squad.
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