Anonymous
Years ago
13-question World Cup stats quiz (mostly Boomers)
To commemorate losing gold/silver on Friday the 13th, here is a pointless 13-question quiz, mostly about the perennially unlucky Boomers.
1) Who was the only player in the World Cup to finish the tournament in the 50-40-90 shooting club?
2) Which player led the tournament in offensive rating?
3) Which player led the tournament in points per 40 minutes?
4) Who led the tournament in total turnovers?
5) Who is the only Boomers player to shoot 2pt% at under 50%?
6) The Boomers had 4 players shoot at over 35% for 3-pointers. Who were they?
7) Which player played the most minutes total in the entire tournament?
8) Which team averaged the most turnovers per game?
9) Four NBL players were top 10 in the tournament in offensive rating. Who were they?
10) Who led the tournament in usage %?
11) Five Boomers averaged more than 3 turnovers per 40 minutes. Who were they?
12) Who were the Boomers three best rebounders per 40 minutes?
13) Five Boomers in the 9-man rotation averaged more than 15 points per 40 minutes. Who were they?
BONUS question: How many Boomers players in total participated in the warm-up games and the World Cup?
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1) Aron Baynes, who actually upgraded to the 50-50-90 club (FG% 56.5, 2pt% 58.5, 3pt% 52.4, FT% 90.9)
2) Nathan Sobey (200)
3) Corey Webster
4) Ricky Rubio & Patty Mills (tied on 38)
5) Matthew Dellavedova (30%)
6) Mills (40.4%), Dellavedova (35.6%), Landale (46.7%) and Baynes (52.4%)
7) Mills (271.2 minutes), slightly more than Ingles (271.0 minutes)
8) Jordan (16.4), but Australia had the 2nd most per game (15.1)
9) Sobey, C.Webster (5th), Smith-Milner (9th), Ili (10th)
10) Fournier (37%). Mills was 19th (29.1%)
11) Mills (4.1), Ingles (3.5), Dellavedova (3.3), Bogut (3.6), Landale (3.5)
12) Bogut (13.4), Baynes (10.3), Kay (9.9); next best were Creek (9.0), Landale (7.4)
13) Mills (26.9), Baynes (21.4), Bogut (17.9), Goulding (16.4), Kay (15.6) (others were Landale (13.6), Ingles (12.4), Dellavedova (11.6), Creek (9.7))
BONUS) 13, of course. Thanks for the good luck, Jonah Bolden.
