Evaluating the NBA Benches

At the Mid-Point of the 2007-08 Season (after each team played 41 games)

WP48 = Wins Produced per 48 minutes

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Team	Starters Wins Produced	Starters WP48	Bench Wins Produced	Bench WP48	Team Wins Produced
San Antonio	16.6	0.139	11.9	0.138	28.5
Boston	29.3	0.212	6.4	0.095	35.7
Detroit	24.8	0.184	6.5	0.092	31.3
Portland	15.7	0.128	6.7	0.078	22.4
New York	5.3	0.043	6.6	0.078	11.9
Dallas	20.0	0.185	7.1	0.073	27.1
Toronto	17.2	0.144	6.1	0.071	23.4
Houston	17.9	0.140	5.4	0.068	23.3
Sacramento	12.2	0.095	5.0	0.064	17.1
Chicago	11.8	0.096	5.1	0.061	16.9
Los Angeles Lakers	22.8	0.186	4.8	0.058	27.6
Indiana	14.6	0.118	3.9	0.048	18.6
Atlanta	15.6	0.112	2.7	0.040	18.3
Memphis	12.3	0.103	3.4	0.040	15.7
Utah	24.1	0.183	2.7	0.036	26.7
Golden State	19.8	0.144	2.5	0.036	22.3
Cleveland	16.4	0.127	2.9	0.036	19.2
Charlotte	12.4	0.096	2.7	0.035	15.1
Seattle	7.0	0.065	2.6	0.027	9.6
Los Angeles Clippers	13.1	0.115	1.1	0.012	14.3
Orlando	23.7	0.161	0.5	0.009	24.2
New Orleans	28.8	0.214	-0.4	-0.006	28.4
Denver	24.3	0.186	-0.6	-0.008	23.7
Phoenix	28.7	0.216	-0.7	-0.010	28.0
Miami	12.7	0.112	-1.2	-0.012	11.5
Milwaukee	13.4	0.106	-1.1	-0.013	12.3
Philadelphia	17.5	0.129	-1.0	-0.014	16.5
Washington	25.0	0.182	-1.6	-0.024	23.4
Minnesota	11.5	0.092	-3.0	-0.038	8.5
New Jersey	16.2	0.133	-4.2	-0.049	12.1
AVERAGES		0.139		0.035