[washingtonismoney]

MT: while this kind of crack at an analysis is appreciated, it can be tough to talk about this plus/minus stuff definitively. Certainly not for one game. There\'s so much contextual noise, like:

What lineups was Mel playing with? What A&M lineups was Mel playing against? What lineups didn\'t include Mel? What A&M lineups faced the lineups without Mel? With the lineups that included Mel: was the problem Mel, or might it have been something unrelated to Mel (say, unusually hot shooting from A&M)? Can we say the same things about lineups that didn\'t have Mel?

Etc.

[washingtonismoney]

MT: while this kind of crack at an analysis is appreciated, it can be tough to talk about this plus/minus stuff definitively. Certainly not for one game. There\'s so much contextual noise, like:

What lineups was Mel playing with? What A&M lineups was Mel playing against? What lineups didn\'t include Mel? What A&M lineups faced the lineups without Mel? With the lineups that included Mel: was the problem Mel, or might it have been something unrelated to Mel (say, unusually hot shooting from A&M)? Can we say the same things about lineups that didn\'t have Mel?

Etc.