Al Horford, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Darius Bazley, Luguentz Dort, Theo Maledon — OKC, 2020-21

How did this OKC lineup perform in 2020-21?

Over 624 possessions together in 2020-21 this OKC five was −17.3 net points per 100, against −8.8 expected from the sum of its parts.

OKC lineup, 2020-21: measured against the sum of its parts

Measure	Value
Possessions together	624
Net points per 100	−17.3
Expected from the parts	−8.8
Synergy per 100	−8.5

What this does not measure: lineup synergy does not persist out of sample, so it describes what happened rather than predicting what will. Treat it as description.

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