What It Means:

Denver is very close to being mathematically eliminated from the playoffs, so it makes since to keep the oft-injured Gallinari out of harms way in meaningless games. He will finish his career-year with 53 games played this season.

Gallo's nERD of 6.2 ranks him 32nd among all players this season. Gallinari was posting a Usage Rate of 23 percent before getting hurt, which was the highest in his career. He was also in the midst of averaging 19.5 points and 5.3 rebounds, both of which are also career highs.