Here are stats after week 8 (week 6 incl. games against New Jersey, Houston, and LA Clippers; week 7 incl. games against LA Lakers, Boston, New York, and Sacramento; and week 8 incl. games against Philadelphia, Washington, New Jersey, and Boston).

Player	PD	Eff	PD+Eff	Eff / 48	PD / 48	PV
1. Greg Ostertag	70 37/-10/22	373 55/74/56	443 92/64/78	23.2	4.4	9.5
2. Andrei Kirilenko	60 35/-31/23	583 75/52/110	643 110/21/133	29.5	3.0	9.7
3. Carlos Arroyo	31 -/-4/4	233 -/2/45	264 -/-2/49	23.8	3.2	4.0
4. Raul Lopez	26 50/1/-13	228 52/33/34	254 102/34/21	19.1	2.2	2.7
5. Matt Harpring	23 23/-18/-10	431 50/76/75	454 73/58/65	22.5	1.2	1.9
6. Sasha Pavlovic	17 17/8/-6	78 16/10/2	95 33/18/-4	14.4	3.1	3.1
7. Keon Clark	14 -/-/-	9 -/-/-	23 -/-/-	15.4	23.9	23.8
8. D. Stevenson	2 27/-18/-27	225 31/33/37	227 58/15/10	16.0	0.1	-1.2
9. Raja Bell	-5 -21/11/18	212 15/58/17	207 -6/69/35	16.8	-0.4	-2.1
10. Ben Handlogten	-15 -3/17/-14	75 0/35/8	60 -3/52/-6	32.4	-6.5	-7.9
11. Curtis Borchardt	-29 -19/-3/-	89 10/7/-	60 -9/4/-	16.6	-5.4	-7.7
12. Mo Williams	-43 -30/-6/-3	67 16/15/0	24 -14/9/-3	14.2	-9.1	-12.0
13. Jarron Collins	-61 -16/8/-24	115 4/11/24	54 -12/19/0	13.1	-7.0	-11.5

Player of the week – week 6: Andrei Kirilenko (4^th time)

Player of the week – week 7: Raja Bell (1^st time)

Player of the week – week 8: Andrei Kirilenko (5^th time)

Comments:

Better to start? – part 2!: In week 6 the difference between the PDs for the starters and the subs were greater than ever. Sasha got a PD of +16 as a starter against Houston and +1 in the game he came off the bench (against the Clippers). All other subs got negative PDs last week despite a team PD of +20.

However, in week 7 all starters (except for Lopez) had a negative PD and instead it was the subs who had positive PDs…

Efficient or not: Week 8 showed Jazz players that excelled and those who did not… Both the best and worst individual efficiencies (so far) were recorded. Below are lists of the most efficient and least efficient individual games so far:

Most:
1. Andrei Kirilenko 44 eff. pts. vs. Philadelphia Dec.14

2. Carlos Arroyo 35 eff. pts. vs. Minnesota Nov. 14

2. Andrei Kirilenko 35 eff. pts. vs. Houston Dec. 3

Least:
1. Carlos Arroyo -11 eff. pts. vs. New Jersey Dec. 17

2. Mo Williams -5 eff. pts. vs. New York Dec. 10

3. Raul Lopez -4 eff. pts. vs. Dallas Nov. 1

(Note! In the last game against Chicago (week 9) Kirilenko had 42 eff. pts. and Bell had -5 eff. pts.)

Special this week: Stats by quarter – part 1

Most of the players increase their efficiency in the second half. Raja Bell increases his Eff/48 from 10.6 to 22.0, i.e. he more than double his efficiency in the second half. Kirilenko raises his efficiency from a modest 22.8 in the first half to a superb 36.0 in the second half.

Although most players increase their output in the second half there are a few exceptions, most noticeably Matt Harpring (who goes from 27.5 to 17.5) and Sasha Pavlovic (whose efficiency drops from 20.9 all the way down to 8.0).

In fact, it is the team’s poor production in the second quarters that causes most of the differences between the two halves, because as a team the efficiency in the first, third, and fourth quarters are about the same. This becomes even more apparent when one looks at the point differentials. For all the players the PDs are better in the second half than in the first half, mainly because of the poor second quarters. Note that none of the players have their best FG%, efficiency, or point differential in the second quarter.

Legend:
Point differential (PD) is the difference between Jazz points and opponent points scored while the player is on the floor.

Player value (PV) = ((PD/MP)-((TPD-PD)/(TMP-MP)))*48, where

TPD = team point differential; MP = minutes played; and TMP = team minutes played

Efficiency (Eff) = Points - (FG missed + FT missed) + Rebounds + Assists + Steals - Turnovers + Blocks