White vs. Orange

Individual Stats

Orange	PPG	FGA	FG%	RPG	APG	BPG	SPG	TO	HBAP
Kim, Brian	3.3	12.0	0.276	7.2	2.2	0.4	1.4	0.8	30.3
Kale, Kapul	1.4	5.7	0.250	5.4	1.6	1.1	0.6	2.2	18.4
He, Peter	2.2	8.1	0.267	4.7	1.4	0.1	0.9	1.3	17.2
Liu, Ed	2.4	7.9	0.301	2.1	0.7	0.6	0.3	1.2	12.0

White	PPG	FGA	FG%	RPG	APG	BPG	SPG	TO	HBAP
Patel, Neeraj	4.2	10.5	0.403	5.4	1.9	0.6	0.4	1.3	27.2
Hsieh, Jeff	3.4	9.9	0.346	5.1	2.3	0.6	0.7	1.1	26.3
Doodanauth, Jeremy	4.1	12.8	0.321	3.5	1.8	0.4	0.5	0.9	22.3
Bong, Ed	1.0	5.0	0.200	3.2	0.7	0.2	0.2	0.8	7.9

Team Leaders

Orange			White
Kim, Brian	3.3	PPG	Patel, Neeraj	4.2
Liu, Ed	.301	FG%	Patel, Neeraj	.403
Kim, Brian	7.2	RPG	Patel, Neeraj	5.4
Kim, Brian	2.2	APG	Hsieh, Jeff	2.3
Kim, Brian	1.4	SPG	Hsieh, Jeff	0.7
Kale, Kapul	1.1	BPG	Hsieh, Jeff	0.6
Kim, Brian	30.3	HBAP	Patel, Neeraj	27.2

Team Stats

Orange		White
8.8	PF	8.7
8.7	PA	7.8
26.9	FGA	28.2
.332	FG%	.335
14.6	RPG	13.8
3.7	APG	5.0
1.9	BPG	1.3
1.9	SPG	1.5
3.6	TO	3.0
63.7	HBAP	64.6

Head to Head

Date	Score
6/15	White 11, Orange 2
6/15	Orange 11, White 2
7/06	Orange 11, White 9
7/06	Orange 11, White 5
7/13	White 11, Orange 5
	White 11, Orange 5
7/20	White 11, Orange 8
7/27	Orange 11, White 6
7/27	White 11, Orange 4

Matchup/Scouting Report

Orange	White
Kim, Brian: Solid passer, good outside shooter and rebounder. Fierce competitor. Mobility is a problem due to injury; Kim is just four months removed from an Achilles tendon tear. Makes teammates better—Peter He has dramatically improved when Kim was added to Orange. Despite his high HBAP average, Kim is still somewhat unproven against the other marquee superstars.	Patel, Neeraj: Consistently dominant. Excellent interior shooter and rebounder. Good handle for a big man, and above average defender. Patel is prone to fits of emotion, but is always fired up and intense. He draws the defense to him and passes well, creating opportunities for the shooters on his team. The most consistent player outside of Red’s Healey, Patel will bring his A game every time.
He, Peter: Improving. Raised horrible shooting percentage from earlier in season. Became better passer and rebounder. Always seems to be in right place for rebounds. Inconsistent performer, but can have monster games. He must be able to guard Hsieh or Doodanauth effectively for Orange to have a chance in this series.	Hsieh, Jeff: Accurate and calculated jump shot. High release difficult to block. Excellent passer and good rebounder. Can play inside somewhat, and adequately defend opposing teams’ scorers. Hsieh can occasionally go cold, but usually has a consistent jump shot. Experienced and savvy with the ball.
Kale, Kapil: Decent rebounder and passer, not known for his scoring. Has excellent hustle and above average defense. Needs to work on protecting the ball, as Kale leads the league in turnovers. Will definitely help take the rebounding burden off of Kim and give Orange more second shot opportunities. Kale should be able to out-rebound his man against White, as Patel will be guarding Kim.	Doodanauth, Jeremy: Talented. Quick off the dribble, Doodanauth can penetrate and create open looks for teammates. Unstoppable when outside shot is on, but shoots his team out of the game when not. He must learn to be judicious in his shot selection: more drives and less jump shots. Can pretty much take anyone on Orange to the basket, and should do so often.
Liu, Ed: Very unorthodox and streaky shot. Liu can get hot and excite the crowd, but does not add much outside of the occasional scoring burst. Must find other ways to contribute, especially on defense. Liu must play more physical against White, and have at least one breakout scoring performance.	Bong, Ed: A defensive specialist, Bong does not score often. Will occasionally have a big rebounding game. Recovering from a very poor stint as a Red team member, Bong looks for an expanded role on White. With John Tso absent, Bong is White’s number one sub for the first round.

Overall: White is arguably the best three person lineup in the league. Opposing teams cannot expect to shut down all of White’s players. Orange’s best strategy may be to double Patel down low and hope Hsieh or Doodanauth will miss the open shots. Orange must capitalize when the big three are not all in the game. Kim and Patel will be consistent, and White is considerably deeper, so White is the favorite. However, if Liu or He has one of their trademark breakout games, Orange has a shot to steal the series, but it looks unlikely. If Orange makes it to the finals, they will have Pamidimakkula back and be the favorites.

Line: White over Orange, 3-1.

Absent or Injured: Pamidimakkula, Praveen; Douglas, Jake (Orange); Tso, John (White)