NBA: Where Amazingly No Defense Happens

campybatman · Post #1 » by **campybatman** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 11:56 pm

Joking aside, Boston, Detroit, San Antonio and Houston are who I think of as capable defensive teams. However, will these teams be the only teams that commit to playing defense throughout the playoffs? Or is scoring what equals ratings?

NBA Defense Year To Date Sortable Stats

http://www.sportsline.com/nba/stats/tea ... _1:col_1=4

By the way, what's up with the Spurs giving up over hundred points in double over time?

sarah42 · Post #2 » by **sarah42** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 2:55 am

it was double overtime. and they were playing the suns!

come on!

NormanDale · Post #3 » by **NormanDale** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 3:18 am

this is stupid, every nba team spends hours and hours working on their defense, and generally the good teams play it well. also, just cause a team plays at a faster pace doesn't mean they're bad at defense. the nuggets, for example, are much better defensively than they are offensively, but they play at a fast pace so people get confused.

also, i'm pretty sure nba playoff teams care a hell of a lot more about winning than they do about ratings.

campybatman · Post #4 » by **campybatman** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:12 pm

NormanDale wrote:the nuggets, for example, are much better defensively than they are offensively, but they play at a fast pace so people get confused.

Evidently, you don't believe in statistics. Because Denver sadistically is one of the worst defensive teams in the NBA. Only the Warriors this season had allowed more points to their opponent. The Nuggets don't play defense. How can you say they're a far better defensive team than an offensive team when their team features two of the top five players with the best points average in the league this season. Iverson and Anthony are also among the leaders in field goals attempted.

Interesting site...

http://www.nbastuffer.com/articles/Offe ... _Win_.html

SuigintouEV · Post #5 » by **SuigintouEV** » Sun Apr 20, 2008 8:29 pm

Evidently, you don't believe in statistics. Because Denver sadistically is one of the worst defensive teams in the NBA.

Denver is statistically the 9th best defensive team in the NBA.
They are the 11th best offensive team.

the stats that you're looking at have nothing to do with efficiency.

EDIT: maybe you should actually look at the site you bothered to link to; it says the same exact thing:
http://www.nbastuffer.com/team_efficiency