As someone who thought Westphal would be fired already after the mess that was the early season (follow my NBA twitter @Fire_Westphal lol), I wanted to take a look and see if there are signs of life in this roster.  I’m looking for a level of improvement that might not be captured in W-L record at the team level, at this point I’m not as concerned with individual improvement.

The way I am going to look at improvement is trending the average 10-game point differential, opponent Win%, and % of Home games in the 10-game period.

(Note - Much of this was written before the last two OT losses, which I think only serve to underscore the overall point.)

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