tkb wrote:Cavs aren't nr 1 in defense this season like you stated, they're 3rd after Boston and Orlando. Lakers meanwhile are 6th which is pretty far above average.
True, but Cleveland only trails Boston by .6 and Orlando by .3 as far as defensive rating goes. That's not a very big difference at all. They have also slid from 1st to 3rd since Wallace went down, which is no surprise really.
As for the Lakers being 6th, I would agree that they are above average, but there is a considerable gap in defensive rating between them (105.1) and the Cavs (102.2). The league average is 108.1, so in reality the Lakers are somewhere between average and elite. I would put them more towards the average end of the spectrum seeing as how their defensive has fallen off sharply since the first month where they absolutely dominated on that end.
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