alabamagrizzly said:
17 min, 6pts on 2-7 shooting and 0-2 from the arc. He also had 4 ast but the biggie was a team leading 3 steals. He also had a +/- of 1. Can someone please explain this stat to me and is it a legitimate measurement of success.
He had a rough night shooting but sounds like for other point-guard type things he played very well. They have to be pleased with the 4 assists and 3 steals in 17 minutes.
As for the plus minus thing, it sounds like there are two types of plus minus that get used. First one is the normal plus/minus which just says how the player did while he was on the court, which means that Cherry's team out scored the other team by 1 point while he was in the game. The other type is the adjusted plus minus which accounts for quite a few other things.
Here is another explanation of the two types.