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Hoops Nightly · on/off calculator · 2026-27

Cavalierswith & without

Put any Cavaliers on the floor, take any off, and see how the team has played in exactly those minutes. Rebuilt from every substitution of 8 games. The biggest gap so far: S. Merrill, +12.3 with him and −7.9 without. At the other end, E. Mobley: −4.5 with him, +16.1 without. On/off says what happened, not who caused it.

+2.2team net rating
121.8points per 100
119.6allowed per 100
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Tap the playersFirst tap: on the floor. Second tap: off the floor. Third tap: doesn't matter.

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Read the numberWe keep only the minutes that fit. +5 means the Cavaliers outscored opponents by 5 points per 100 possessions, about one game.

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Check the sampleFew minutes, weak evidence. The meter under the result tells you how far to trust it.

Step 1Who is on the floor?Players with the most minutes first.
Step 2 · The result

The Cavaliers with J. Harden

−1.8points per 100 possessions

In these 270 minutes the Cavaliers were outscored by 1.8 points per 100 possessions. In all their other minutes: +11.6. This is called net rating.

Scored per 100116.6team 121.8
Allowed per 100118.4team 119.6
Minutes2708 games
Gap to other minutes−13.4points per 100
Fair sample · 551 possessionsEnough possessions to take seriously, still moving game to game.
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The fives behind the number

The most-used five-man groups that fit your filter. Tap one to lock it in.

Top 8 by minutes

Who works with whom

Find one player on the left and one on top: the square is the team's number when both are on the floor. The outlined squares are the player on his own. Empty means under 25 possessions together. Tap a square to load it above.

James HardenHardenDonovan MitchellMitchellEvan MobleyMobleyJarrett AllenAllenSam MerrillMerrillPeyton WatsonWatsonMario HezonjaHezonjaMeleek ThomasThomas
James HardenHarden
Donovan MitchellMitchell
Evan MobleyMobley
Jarrett AllenAllen
Sam MerrillMerrill
Peyton WatsonWatson
Mario HezonjaHezonja
Meleek ThomasThomas

Example: with Harden and Mobley together for 218 minutes, the Cavaliers are −7.6 per 100 possessions.

Every rotation player

With him, without him

The team's number with each player on the floor and without him. The gap is the difference, biggest first. It says what happened, not who caused it. Fifty possessions each way to qualify.

PlayerMinWithWithoutGap
Sam MerrillS. Merrill195+12.3−7.9
Jaylon TysonJ. Tyson104+15.1−2.4
Jarrett AllenJ. Allen202+9.2−5.7
Donovan MitchellD. Mitchell267+6.5−7.3
Tyrese ProctorT. Proctor100+11.7−1.2
Meleek ThomasM. Thomas107+4.3+1.4
Mario HezonjaM. Hezonja157+1.3+2.7
Craig Porter Jr.C. Porter Jr.54−9.0+4.0
James HardenJ. Harden270−1.8+11.6
Peyton WatsonP. Watson171−8.0+10.4
Evan MobleyE. Mobley262−4.5+16.1
3T. Bryant29−41.6+5.5

What the numbers mean

Net rating is points scored minus points allowed per 100 possessions. The gap compares the minutes in your filter with all the others. A big one is a lead to follow, not a verdict.

Mind the sample

Lineups change with the opponent, the score and garbage time, and early in a season a few minutes move everything. That is why the sample meter sits under every result.

Where it comes from

We rebuild who was on the floor from the play-by-play and check each game against the official minutes. Possessions are estimated. The full method.