Zach LaVine, Lauri Markkanen, Wendell Carter Jr., Coby White, Patrick Williams — CHI, 2020-21

How did this CHI lineup perform in 2020-21?

Over 444 possessions together in 2020-21 this CHI five was −20.2 net points per 100, against −4.3 expected from the sum of its parts.

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

Measure	Value
Possessions together	444
Net points per 100	−20.2
Expected from the parts	−4.3
Synergy per 100	−15.9

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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