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Gobert is a better rim protector than you think

spycam1

spycam1

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https://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=14157138

A video I found about just how dominant Gobert's defense has been thus far. When near Gobert, opponents are making even fewer shots at the rim than they did last year.

The metrics show that Favors is also one of the league's most dominant rim protectors.

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now if we can just dial back the success that teams are having against us at the three-point line.... damn.
 
NAOS said:
now if we can just dial back the success that teams are having against us at the three-point line.... damn.
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So this is a problem, but I think I read somewhere that teams take far less three point shots per game against us. I'm not sure of how many per 100 posessions, so that maybe doesn't mean a whole lot.

If it is true, the. We are doing a good job of denying that shot, and have a long way to go to contain the three and reduce the percentage made.
 
Looks like the Jazz allow 26.7% of their opponent's shot to be three pointers. That's the 11th lowest frequency.

https://stats.nba.com/league/team/defense/#!/3pt/?sort=FREQ_WHOLE_NUM&dir=-1

As far as defending the three, Jazz defend it slightly worse than normal. https://stats.nba.com/league/team/defense/#!/3pt/?sort=FREQ_WHOLE_NUM&dir=-1

Jazz tend to give up a lot more long twos and have a bad FG% guarding it. I'd say if you're going to allow your opponent better than average FG%, it should be on long twos since it's the least efficient shot.
 
Darkwing Duck said:
Looks like the Jazz allow 26.7% of their opponent's shot to be three pointers. That's the 11th lowest frequency.

https://stats.nba.com/league/team/defense/#!/3pt/?sort=FREQ_WHOLE_NUM&dir=-1

As far as defending the three, Jazz defend it slightly worse than normal. https://stats.nba.com/league/team/defense/#!/3pt/?sort=FREQ_WHOLE_NUM&dir=-1

Jazz tend to give up a lot more long twos and have a bad FG% guarding it. I'd say if you're going to allow your opponent better than average FG%, it should be on long twos since it's the least efficient shot.
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I agree. There have been many instances, with Gobert in particular, on the pick and roll where he just backs up and allows the wide-open 2. Of course, an NBA player will make that shot more often than not. I'd like to see Gobert stretch out a little more and hedge, or even pick up the ball handler. I think he is definitely long and quick enough to force them into a contested layup if they get by him.
 
NAOS said:
now if we can just dial back the success that teams are having against us at the three-point line.... damn.
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Darkwing Duck said:
Looks like the Jazz allow 26.7% of their opponent's shot to be three pointers. That's the 11th lowest frequency.

https://stats.nba.com/league/team/defense/#!/3pt/?sort=FREQ_WHOLE_NUM&dir=-1

As far as defending the three, Jazz defend it slightly worse than normal. https://stats.nba.com/league/team/defense/#!/3pt/?sort=FREQ_WHOLE_NUM&dir=-1

Jazz tend to give up a lot more long twos and have a bad FG% guarding it. I'd say if you're going to allow your opponent better than average FG%, it should be on long twos since it's the least efficient shot.
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I believe I read/heard our defense is designed to close hard on the perimeter and funnel to the shot blockers... the eye test verifies that. Teams that hit a lot of those shots will be able to score on us... i think the FG % is high in part because Porty hit a ton of those on us or its just that we give teams too much space there so they hit an inefficient shot at an efficient rate.
 
Off topic i suppose. But I would love to see our opposition field goal percentage very deep in the clock. I swear there have been a insane amount of buzzer beaters on us the last few games.
 
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