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We're also #2 in offensive rating over the same span... just really peaking at the right time...
http://stats.nba.com/league/team/#!/...03%2F31%2F2015
Interesting the Warriors dropped to #14, and Cavs are at #16... is it coasting because they don't have anything else to play for or tired legs? Maybe peaking too soon?
We're also #2 in offensive rating over the same span... just really peaking at the right time...
Cleveland never had a good defensive rating to begin with, haven't they?
Most important is that the Spurs are Top3 as you can only speculate about the Warriors.
My question: Is there a huge drop-off in defensive efficiency the last games since Splitter re-injured himself?
The offense coming back to form is the biggest development. Parker in particular has gone from terrible on both ends to good on offense and slightly less terrible on defense.
Schedule + effort level, mostly meaningless IMO..
Cavs have been mediocre or worse defensively all year, though..
yup ... if Splitter gets somewhat healthy only the Dubs stand in the Spurs way to the Finals ...
cavs rested their player for a few games...Plus they have always been average defensively.
Warriors just doesn't have anything to play for, IMO...
But the spurs are looking good, IMO..
This is probably the best year to repeat because if you get past the warriors, you repeat IMO..
Hopefully 5th seed pulls an upset..unlikely but that would make things so much easier.
Warriors did play us fully fit in that span, IIRC... although DPOY Draymond Green did miss some games, right?
One thing I think stands out when you're talking about the Spurs, is that our schedule was far from a cakewalk in that span. We played the Warriors, Rockets twice, the Thunder... at least one of those was a back to back and a 4 games in 5 nights, IIRC...
Checking the SOS in ESPN for the last 25% of games, the Spurs had a tougher schedule than the Warriors...
It's better to be playing the best defense now then months ago. Warriors came out of the gate like a lot of teams going balls deep. "Coasting" the last part of the season sounds dangerous, especially for a team that wants to go from getting sent home in the first round last season to winning a championship this season. Spurs playing better when they should be.
Warriors locked 1st seed a while back... I would not read a lot into a decrease on D. That's the first part of the game you become worst when unmotivated tbh...
It's also the hardest part of the game to get back.
In fact I disagree with that, it's tougher to get back at a well oiled offense than defense imo
I disagree. Suffocating defense is the hardest to maintain.
We'll see. They're going to need to beef up that defense again, since his offense has also taken a nosedive lately, and it's very likely because they can't go out running after a stop.
Surprised the AST% isn't higher
Difference of opinion tbh
In all sport I played, you build upon defense so you could say you start with the most difficult but in my experience defense is easier to control and put in place as energy / motivation / hustles are big part of a defense system and are less technical than handles, shooting mechanics, spacing.
Its gonna be interesting, kerr is obviously playing the card I play everybody till the end because lack of experience and capacity to switch on to enter in POs. The minus of that is getting players on the floor losing interest indeed. How they will switch and adapt ? That's the question but they should have a rather easy opponent to begin with so they should have time to get everybody back on track
ok oknow I'm convinced
yeah, i agree. that's why D wins games.
Those numbers are just gaudy. The NetRtg is off the charts.
That DefRtg, as impressive as it is, would be even better if you only counted the first 40 minutes of those games. The Spurs have had so many blowouts going that they have put the Pylons in at the ends of games, and they have given up a load of points. If you look at rotation players vs. rotation players, the Spurs DefRtg and NetRtg would be unbelievable.
The adjusted shooting numbers, the rebounding numbers - all at or near the top in the league. If there is a negative in the whole pile, it's turnovers. No news there. The way they are playing, they're going to be nearly impossible to beat any night the keep the TO's under 14.
#1 I think.....unless I've missed something in this chart.
I get the Mavs 1st at 113.4 and Spurs 2nd at 112.4
Thought you were talking about only the teams on that graphic.
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