Quite simply, I wanted to compare Game 1 and 2 versus the regular season. The metrics I chose were field goal attempt density, field goal percentage, and points per shot (offense and defense). Obviously a single game is not always a valuable data point, but I forged on nonetheless.
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1) Red/Orange indicates more or better in the regular season.
2) Blue/Purple indicates more or better in the specific postseason game.
3) The smaller sample sizes of one game compared to a full season can create a few wonky extreme results.