Substitution Charts can tell you a great deal about the game
There are many different ways to track the performance of an individual player, or specific combinations of players, in a NBA game.
When you do this work, what you find, somteimes, can be most revealing.
This is what the “Substitution Chart” looks like for Wednesday’s game between Toronto and Cleveland.
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TIME |
TOTAL |
TEAM |
PG |
OG |
SF |
PF |
C |
SCORE |
DIFF |
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Q1 12:00 |
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V |
Williams |
Parker |
James |
Varejao |
O’Neal |
6 |
-9 |
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5:24 |
H |
Calderon |
DeRozan |
Turkoglu |
Bosh |
Bargnani |
15 |
+9 |
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6:36 |
|
V |
Williams |
Gibson |
Parker |
James |
O’Neal |
8 |
0 |
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1:25 |
H |
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17 |
0 |
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5:11 |
|
V |
Wiliams |
Gibson |
Parker |
James |
Ilgauskas |
11 |
+1 |
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0:22 |
H |
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19 |
-1 |
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4:49 |
|
V |
Williams |
Gibson |
Moon |
James |
Ilgauskas |
11 |
0 |
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0:07 |
H |
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19 |
0 |
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4:42 |
|
V |
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|
13 |
0 |
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0:55 |
H |
Calderon |
DeRozan |
Wright |
Turkoglu |
Bargnani |
21 |
0 |
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3:47 |
|
V |
Gibson |
Moon |
James |
Hickson |
Ilgauskas |
16 |
+3 |
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0:54 |
H |
Calderon |
Jack |
Wright |
Tukoglu |
Bargnani |
21 |
-3 |
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2:53 |
|
V |
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17 |
+1 |
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0:34 |
H |
Calderon |
Jack |
Wright |
Turkoglu |
Bosh |
21 |
-1 |
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2:19 |
|
V |
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22 |
-1 |
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1:54 |
H |
Calderon |
Jack |
Wright |
Johnson |
Bosh |
27 |
+1 |
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0:25 |
|
V |
|
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|
22 |
0 |
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0:25 |
H |
Banks |
Jack |
DeRozan |
Johnson |
Bosh |
27 |
0 |
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Q2 12:00 |
|
V |
Williams |
Gibson |
Moon |
O’Neal |
Ilgauskas |
28 |
+2 |
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2:11 |
H |
Jack |
Belinelli |
DeRozan |
Bosh |
Bargnani |
31 |
-2 |
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9:49 |
|
V |
|
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|
28 |
-4 |
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0:48 |
H |
Jack |
Belinelli |
Turkoglu |
Bosh |
Bargnani |
35 |
+4 |
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9:01 |
|
V |
Williams |
Parker |
Moon |
O’Neal |
Ilgauskas |
28 |
-2 |
|
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1:22 |
H |
Jack |
Belinelli |
Turkoglu |
Bargnani |
Nesterovic |
37 |
+2 |
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7:39 |
|
V |
Williams |
Parker |
Moon |
James |
Varejao |
32 |
+2 |
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1:34 |
H |
Jack |
Belinelli |
Turkoglu |
Johnson |
Bargnani |
39 |
-2 |
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6:05 |
|
V |
|
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|
33 |
-1 |
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0:15 |
H |
Calderon |
Belinelli |
Turkoglu |
Johnson |
Bargnani |
41 |
+1 |
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5:50 |
|
V |
Williams |
Parker |
James |
Hickson |
Varejao |
34 |
-4 |
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1:05 |
H |
|
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|
46 |
+4 |
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4:45 |
|
V |
|
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|
|
|
34 |
0 |
|
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0:23 |
H |
Calderon |
Belinelli |
Turkoglu |
Bosh |
Bargnani |
46 |
0 |
|
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4:22 |
|
V |
Williams |
Parker |
James |
Varejao |
O’Neal |
36 |
-6 |
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|
2:11 |
H |
Calderon |
Belinelli |
Wright |
Bosh |
Bargnani |
54 |
+6 |
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2:11 |
|
V |
Williams |
Gibson |
Parker |
James |
O’Neal |
36 |
-2 |
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0:59 |
H |
Calderon |
Belinelli |
Wright |
Bosh |
Nesterovic |
56 |
+2 |
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1:12 |
|
V |
|
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|
|
|
37 |
0 |
|
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0:49 |
H |
Calderon |
Jack |
Belinelli |
Wright |
Nesterovic |
57 |
0 |
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0:23 |
|
V |
Gibson |
Parker |
Moon |
James |
Varejao |
39 |
+2 |
|
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0:23 |
H |
Calderon |
Jack |
Belinelli |
Bosh |
Nesterovic |
57 |
-2 |
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Q3 12:00 |
|
V |
Williams |
Gibson |
Parker |
James |
O’Neal |
49 |
+2 |
|
|
3:52 |
H |
Calderon |
DeRozan |
Turkoglu |
Bosh |
Bargnani |
65 |
-2 |
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8:08 |
|
V |
Williams |
Gibson |
Parker |
James |
Varejao |
55 |
+4 |
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1:36 |
H |
Jack |
DeRozan |
Turkoglu |
Bosh |
Bargnani |
67 |
-4 |
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6:32 |
|
V |
|
|
|
|
|
57 |
+2 |
|
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0:30 |
H |
Jack |
Belinelli |
Wright |
Bosh |
Bargnani |
67 |
-2 |
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6:02 |
|
V |
|
|
|
|
|
60 |
+3 |
|
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0:25 |
H |
Calderon |
Jack |
Belinelli |
Wright |
Bargnani |
67 |
-3 |
|
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5:27 |
|
V |
|
|
|
|
|
62 |
+1 |
|
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0:53 |
H |
Calderon |
Jack |
Wright |
Turkoglu |
Bosh |
68 |
-1 |
|
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4:34 |
|
V |
Gibson |
Parker |
Moon |
James |
Varejao |
69 |
+6 |
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2:12 |
H |
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|
69 |
-6 |
|
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2:22 |
|
V |
|
|
|
|
|
70 |
-3 |
|
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1:04 |
H |
Jack |
Belinelli |
Wright |
Turkoglu |
Bosh |
73 |
+3 |
|
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1:18 |
|
V |
|
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|
|
|
71 |
-2 |
|
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0:46 |
H |
Jack |
Belinelli |
DeRozan |
Turkoglu |
Bosh |
76 |
+2 |
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0:32 |
|
V |
Gibson |
Parker |
Moon |
Hickson |
Varejao |
71 |
-2 |
|
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0:32 |
H |
Jack |
Belinelli |
DeRozan |
Turkoglu |
Johnson |
78 |
+2 |
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Q4 12:00 |
|
V |
Williams |
Gibson |
Moon |
O’Neal |
Ilgauskas |
72 |
-4 |
|
|
1:45 |
H |
Jack |
Belinelli |
DeRozan |
Bosh |
Bargnani |
83 |
+4 |
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10:15 |
|
V |