NBA 2015-2016: ALL-STAR BREAK/MIDSEASON

NBA teams are past the midpoint of their seasons, and every team has played at least 48 games, so here are the 16-game splits for games 33-48 (asterisks placed on teams that would make the postseason if only six teams made it per conference):

Part III: Each #NBA team’s record from games 33-48 (3rd 16-game split). East slipping back to extreme mediocrity: pic.twitter.com/yJncJYiV3t

— Law Murray (@LawMurrayTheNU) February 6, 2016

I’m going to do a little more in this midseason synopsis. As I did for the START and OLD YEAR reviews, I will run through each team’s offensive and defensive rankings (efficiency); the time period here will be from January 5 through February 5. I’ll also add in the most used lineup during that timespan, with net efficiency and minutes played.

In addition to those departments, I’ll add each team’s record after the first 41 games of this season and the team’s record from the 2014-2015 season. Players that will participate in All-Star Weekend in some capacity will be listed as well:

Looks like there will be two teams left out of the #NBAAllStarTO festivities:#Hornets#Grizzlies

— Law Murray (@LawMurrayTheNU) February 5, 2016

Atlantic

Toronto: (MIDSEASON: 26-15, 2014-2015: 49-33) (8th offense, 3rd defense) – Lowry/DeRozan/Johnson/Scola/Valanciunas (-2.1 net rating in 161 minutes) [All-Star 2016: Lowry (East starter, 3-point), DeRozan (East)]

Boston: (MIDSEASON: 22-19, 2014-2015: 40-42) (14th offense, 7th defense) – Thomas/Bradley/Crowder/Sullinger/Johnson (-3.5 net rating in 186 minutes) [All-Star 2016: Thomas (East, Skills), Smart (U.S. Rising Stars)]

New York (MIDSEASON: 20-21, 2014-2015: 17-65) (17th offense, 23rd defense) – Calderon/Afflalo/Anthony/Porzingis/Lopez (4.6 net rating in 158 minutes) [All-Star 2016: Anthony (East starter), Porzingis (World Rising Stars)]

Brooklyn (MIDSEASON: 11-30, 2014-2015: 38-44) (25th offense, 27th defense) – Sloan/Ellington/Johnson/Young/Lopez (0.7 net rating in 290 minutes) [All-Star 2016: Bogdanovic (World Rising Stars)]

Philadelphia (MIDSEASON: 4-37, 2014-2015: 18-64) (28th offense, 15th defense) – Smith/Stauskas/Covington/Grant/Noel (9.0 net rating in 36 minutes) [All-Star 2016: Noel (U.S. Rising Stars), Okafor (U.S. Rising Stars)]

Central

Cleveland: (MIDSEASON: 30-11, 2014-2015: 53-29) (4th offense, 20th defense) – Irving/Smith/James/Love/Thompson (9.2 net rating in 194 minutes) [All-Star 2016: James (East starter)]

Chicago: (MIDSEASON: 24-17, 2014-2015: 50-32) (23rd offense, 16th defense) – Rose/Butler/Snell/Gibson/Gasol (-0.1 net rating in 92 minutes) [All-Star 2016: Butler (East), Gasol (East), Mirotic (World Rising Stars)]

Detroit: (MIDSEASON: 22-19, 2014-2015: 32-50) (12th offense, 17th defense) – Jackson/Caldwell-Pope/Morris/Ilyasova/Drummond (0.3 net rating in 212 minutes) [All-Star 2016: Drummond (East, Dunk)]

Indiana: (MIDSEASON: 22-19, 2014-2015: 38-44) (20th offense, 8th defense) – Hill/Ellis/George/Allen/Mahinmi (13.0 net rating in 106 minutes) [All-Star 2016: George (East starter)]

Milwaukee: (MIDSEASON: 16-25, 2014-2015: 41-41) (19th offense, 19th defense) – Carter-Williams/Middleton/Antetokounmpo/Parker/Monroe (-3.8 net rating in 262 minutes) [All-Star 2016: Parker (U.S. Rising Stars), Middleton (3-point)]

Southeast

Atlanta: (MIDSEASON: 24-17, 2014-2015: 60-22) (21st offense, 1st defense) – Teague/Korver/Bazemore/Millsap/Horford (-3.8 net rating in 197 minutes) [All-Star 2016: Millsap (East), Horford (East)]

Miami: (MIDSEASON: 23-18, 2014-2015: 37-45) (27th offense, 11th defense) – Dragic/Wade/Deng/Bosh/Stoudemire (11.7 net rating in 53 minutes) [All-Star 2016: Wade (East starter), Bosh (East, 3-point)]

Charlotte: (MIDSEASON: 19-22, 2014-2015: 33-49) (24th offense, 9th defense) – Walker/Batum/Hairston/Williams/Zeller (7.4 net rating in 84 minutes) [All-Star 2016: None]

Washington: (MIDSEASON: 20-21, 2014-2015: 46-36) (10th offense, 26th defense) – Wall/Temple/Porter/Dudley/Gortat (1.8 net rating in 100 minutes) [All-Star 2016: Wall (East)]

Orlando: (MIDSEASON: 20-21, 2014-2015: 25-57) (26th offense, 24th defense) – Payton/Oladipo/Harris/Gordon/Vucevic (-7.6 net rating in 126 minutes) [All-Star 2016: Payton (U.S. Rising Stars), Hezonja (World Rising Stars), Gordon (Dunk)]

Northwest

Oklahoma City: (MIDSEASON: 29-12, 2014-2015: 45-37) (3rd offense, 10th defense) – Westbrook/Waiters/Durant/Ibaka/Adams (22.9 net rating in 144 minutes) [All-Star 2016: Durant (West starter), Westbrook (West starter)]

Utah: (MIDSEASON: 18-23, 2014-2015: 38-44) (15th offense, 4th defense) – Neto/Hood/Hayward/Lyles/Gobert (8.5 net rating in 103 minutes) [All-Star 2016: Hood (U.S. Rising Stars), Lyles (World Rising Stars), Neto (World Rising Stars)]

Portland: (MIDSEASON: 17-24, 2014-2015: 51-31) (8th offense, 21st defense) – Lillard/McCollum/Aminu/Vonleh/Plumlee (-0.7 net rating in 166 minutes) [All-Star 2016: McCollum (Skills, 3-point)]

Denver: (MIDSEASON: 16-25, 2014-2015: 30-52) (18th offense, 12th defense) – Mudiay/Harris/Gallinari/Faried/Jokic (4.8 net rating in 165 minutes) [All-Star 2016: Jokic (World Rising Stars), Mudiay (World Rising Stars, Skills), Barton (Dunk)]

Minnesota: (MIDSEASON: 12-29, 2014-2015: 16-66) (11th offense, 28th defense) – Rubio/Wiggins/Prince/Dieng/Towns (-4.0 net rating in 107 minutes) [All-Star 2016: LaVine (U.S. Rising Stars, Dunk), Towns (U.S. Rising Stars, Skills), Wiggins (World Rising Stars)]

Pacific

Golden State: (MIDSEASON: 37-4, 2014-2015: 67-15) (1st offense, 5th defense) – Curry/Thompson/Barnes/Green/Bogut (15.4 net rating in 122 minutes) [All-Star 2016: Curry (West starter, 3-point), Thompson (West, 3-point), Green (West, Skills)]

Los Angeles Clippers: (MIDSEASON: 27-14, 2014-2015: 56-26) (5th offense, 6th defense) – Paul/Redick/Mbah a Moute/Pierce/Jordan (9.5 net rating in 169 minutes) [All-Star 2016: Paul (West), Redick (3-point)]

Sacramento: (MIDSEASON: 18-23, 2014-2015: 29-53) (16th offense, 22nd defense) – Rondo/McLemore/Gay/Cauley-Stein/Cousins (-8.2 net rating in 59 minutes) [All-Star 2016: Cousins (West, Skills)]

Phoenix: (MIDSEASON: 13-28, 2014-2015: 39-43) (30th offense, 30th defense) – Goodwin/Booker/Tucker/Len/Chandler (-16.2 net rating in 67 minutes) [All-Star 2016: Booker (U.S. Rising Stars, 3-point)]

Los Angeles Lakers: (MIDSEASON: 9-32, 2014-2015: 21-61) (29th offense, 29th defense) – Clarkson/Williams/Bryant/Randle/Hibbert (-26.0 net rating in 103 minutes) [All-Star 2016: Bryant (West starter), Clarkson (U.S. Rising Stars, Skills), Russell (U.S. Rising Stars)]

Southwest

San Antonio: (MIDSEASON: 35-6, 2014-2015: 55-27) (2nd offense, 2nd defense) – Parker/Green/Leonard/Aldridge/Duncan (11.9 net rating in 67 minutes) [All-Star 2016: Leonard (West starter), Aldridge (West)]

Memphis: (MIDSEASON: 22-19, 2014-2015: 55-27) (9th offense, 13th defense) – Conley/Lee/Allen/Randolph/Gasol (18.1 net rating in 83 minutes) [All-Star 2016: None]

Dallas: (MIDSEASON: 23-18, 2014-2015: 50-32) (22nd offense, 14th defense) – Williams/Matthews/Parsons/Nowitzki/Pachulia (7.5 net rating in 136 minutes) [All-Star 2016: Powell (World Rising Stars)]

Houston: (MIDSEASON: 21-20, 2014-2015: 56-26) (6th offense, 25th defense) – Beverley/Harden/Brewer/Ariza/Howard (9.9 net rating in 51 minutes) [All-Star 2016: Harden (West, 3-point), Capela (World Rising Stars), Beverley (Skills)]

New Orleans: (MIDSEASON: 14-27, 2014-2015: 45-37) (13th offense, 18th defense) – Cole/Dejean-Jones/Gee/Davis/Asik (-12.1 net rating in 46 minutes) [All-Star 2016: Davis (West, Skills)]

My predictions for NBA All-Star Weekend 2016: World Rising Stars (MVP: Nikola Jokic), Steph Curry (3-Point), C.J. McCollum (Skills), Aaron Gordon (Dunk), West All-Stars (MVP: Kevin Durant) (PC: NBA)

-1SKILLZ