Utah held opponents to fewer than 90 points 27 times this season, the most in the NBA.

[fishonjazz]

Now the Jazz just need a dynamic scorer and we are set.

#10

 

[framer]

Now the Jazz just need a dynamic scorer and we are set.

Joe Ingles could be that guy. Just ask him!

 

[franklin]

How much wider would the gap be between the Jazz and everyone else had Kanter been sold last season?

 

[Park Bites]

#10

him and Hezjona i hope

 

[Darkwing Duck]

Kind of a lazy argument. Did the jazz play with a slow pace? Yes. Was that slowness a variable in number of points we allowed? Yes. Was it the "biggest reason"? Well, that requires more argumentation.

Golden State, the best defensive team in the league, did it 17 times while at the fastest pace in the league (about 8 more possessions per game more than the Jazz).

Miami, the nineteenth best defensive team in the league, did it 15 times at the second slowest pace in the league (half a possession more per game than the Jazz).

How can a team that's bad at defense have only two fewer games for this metric than the best defensive team in the league? Pace. It's why this metic is pretty useless.

 

[Stifle Tower]

Kind of a lazy argument. Did the jazz play with a slow pace? Yes. Was that slowness a variable in number of points we allowed? Yes. Was it the "biggest reason"? Well, that requires more argumentation.

Good post. Obviously we weren't as quick and efficient on offense as we'd hoped. But if teams had to plat slower against our defense then that would be a good thing.

Anyone know of a stat that shows time per possession by opponents. Then you could combine that with points per possession and come up with a better defensive measuring stick, IMO.

 

[addictionary]

Jazz ranked 6th after break. 6th seed in the West was my accomplishment but it appears they are set to even more.

 

[Twin Towers]

I think one of the best defensive ratings is opponent field goal percentages. Pace plays a huge part in points per game.
Field goal percentage is a better metric. Never the whole story but it's a large chunk. Opponents Offensive rebounds is huge too.

https://espn.go.com/nba/statistics/...r-game/sort/fieldGoalPctOpponent/seasontype/2

 

[MTS]

Defensive rating is the best statistic to use - it adjusts for pace.

And before a certain Kanter fan comes in and calls me a hypocrite again, I mean defensive rating for TEAMS, not for individual players.

 

[zman1527]

I think one of the best defensive ratings is opponent field goal percentages. Pace plays a huge part in points per game.
Field goal percentage is a better metric. Never the whole story but it's a large chunk. Opponents Offensive rebounds is huge too.

https://espn.go.com/nba/statistics/...r-game/sort/fieldGoalPctOpponent/seasontype/2

What is our FG% after the AS break??

 

[silesian]

Biggest reason for that is they played at the slowest pace in the league.

It does baffle me that some continue to use an outdated stat, when a clearly superior one (pp 100 possessions) has emerged.

 

[MTS]

What is our FG% after the AS break??

TS% is a better measure than FG%. If a team shoots a lot more 3's, they can still have a great offense without as high of a FG%. TS% takes that into account.

Our TS% allowed after the all-star break was 49.8%. Which is amazing. Only the Philadelphia 76ers shot worse than 49.8% throughout the season (49.4%).