PLAYOFF PULSE

Advanced NBA Playoff Intelligence

A compact seeded command center for matchup stress, player waves, shot quality, lineups, and pressure signals.

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Seeded playoff intelligence model

Daily cache adapter planned

Stats are for analysis and entertainment

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New York Knicks

Physical half-court profile with elite offensive rebounding and a rising late-clock shot diet.

Seed 2 · 8-4

Playoff profile

Net Rating

+5.8

Off Rating

118.9

Def Rating

110.5

Pace

eFG

50.7%

TOV

12.1%

FT Rate

0.3

Site-created signal

Pressure Index

NYK's pressure score blends series risk, workload, and recent two-way form.

Not an official NBA metric.

Daily snapshot + modeled trend signal

NYK Player Wave Board

Who is rising, who is slipping, and which player trend is changing the matchup.

Current value and trend delta are separate; Playoff Impact Score is site-created, not official.

Current Impact Leaders

Brunson +86Anunoby +78Towns +76

Current Drag Risks

Bridges Drag 26Hart Drag 33

Rising Impact

Last 5

Josh Hart

NYK · G/F · 32.6 MPG

RisingCurrent +73Δ +4.2

Hart's minutes are lining up with a cleaner team margin.

OG Anunoby

NYK · F · 33.6 MPG

Stable riseCurrent +78Δ +2.0

Anunoby's minutes are lining up with a cleaner team margin.

Jalen Brunson

NYK · G · 36.2 MPG

Stable riseCurrent +86Δ +1.4

Brunson's creation load is high without a major efficiency drop.

Falling Trend

Last 5

Mikal Bridges

NYK · G/F · 31.5 MPG

CoolingCurrent +64Δ -6.7

Bridges's current value is usable, but the trend is moving the wrong way.

Karl-Anthony Towns

NYK · C/F · 30.5 MPG

High impact, coolingCurrent +76Δ -5.1

Towns still drives value, but the selected trend is starting to cool.

Team-specific site-created scores

Created stat leaders

Creation Load

#1 Jalen Brunson94

Brunson ranks high because NYK leans on 36.2 minutes, scoring, and playmaking load; usage is the modeled piece.

#2 Karl-Anthony Towns85

Towns's creation score is driven by ESPN-derived scoring volume (61.1 per 75) in real minutes, with usage modeled.

#3 OG Anunoby77

Anunoby's creation score is driven by ESPN-derived scoring volume (61.8 per 75) in real minutes, with usage modeled.

Clean Impact

#1 Karl-Anthony Towns94

Towns's clean score reflects efficient box-score production after a turnover penalty, not an official impact metric.

#2 OG Anunoby91

Anunoby's clean impact comes from efficient scoring (71.6 TS) without major turnover drag; rebound context is modeled.

#3 Mikal Bridges82

Bridges's clean impact comes from efficient scoring (66.1 TS) without major turnover drag; rebound context is modeled.

Workload Risk

#1 Jalen Brunson92

Brunson's workload risk is elevated because his minutes and creation role are both heavy; Star Burden is modeled.

#2 Karl-Anthony Towns54

Towns's workload risk blends ESPN-derived minutes with modeled creation burden and mistake pressure.

#3 OG Anunoby53

Anunoby's workload risk blends ESPN-derived minutes with modeled creation burden and mistake pressure.

Site-created scores from daily cached ESPN inputs; not official · not official

Sample gates

Player load

Jalen Brunson

sample cleared

PTS/75

57.8%

Usage

32.6%

Burden 89/100 · Brunson's workload is high because usage and minutes are both elevated.

Karl-Anthony Towns

C/F

seeded wave profile · sample cleared

Impact

69.7%

Usage

19%

5 MPG, 69.7 TS%. Impact/drag remain site-modeled from real inputs.

OG Anunoby

seeded wave profile · sample cleared

Impact

71.6%

Usage

17%

5 PPG, 33.6 MPG, 71.6 TS%. Impact/drag remain site-modeled from real inputs.

Mikal Bridges

G/F

seeded wave profile · sample cleared

Impact

66.1%

Usage

14.9%

2 PPG, 31.5 MPG, 66.1 TS%. Impact/drag remain site-modeled from real inputs.

Josh Hart

G/F

sample cleared

PTS/75

52%

Usage

16.4%

9 PPG, 32.6 MPG, 52 TS%. Impact/drag remain site-modeled from real inputs.

Playoff diet

Shot profile

NYK is settling more often, which lowers the shot-quality signal.

Rim freq

31%

Midrange

24%

Corner 3

Above break 3

28%

Paint pts

46.2

Fast break

10.4

Unavailable in daily cache

Lineup radar

Lineup/on-off data is not available from the current ESPN public sports APIs daily cache yet. Stale seeded lineups are hidden in daily cached mode instead of shown as current players.