ASFN: Suns Defense Needs to Match Offensive Efficiency

[George O'Brien]

ASFN: Suns Defense Needs to Match Offensive Efficiency

 

[Drop D]

Great number crunching, George.

I find it interesting the the Spurs were #1 in Defensive Effcy and #16 in Offensive Effcy. Yet, the Suns were #16 in Defensive Effcy and #1 in Offensive Effcy.

I guess that means Defense really does win Championships.

I don't think that you need to be #1 in defense to win it all, though.

George, I imagine that these stats were from the regular season only. I wonder if we improved in Defense during the playoffs up until the SA series.

 

[mathbzh]

Yes really interresting. BUt not really a surprise.
May be it is a step to far in stats analysis.
Your conclusion should be "Nash you are fired!".

Nevertheless, in playoff defense matters.
We will not be champion untill we improve our it.

 

[Errntknght]

Just for fun I calculated the OffEff - DefEff and sorted them into descending order... not many surprises.

2 Heat 1.070 6 Heat 0.988 +.082
1 Suns 1.109 16 Suns 1.029 +.080
16 Spurs 1.019 1 Spurs 0.949 +.070
6 Mavs 1.063 8 Mavs 1.001 +.062
17 Pistons 1.017 3 Pistons 0.971 +.046
13 Rockets 1.022 4 Rockets 0.979 +.043
4 Wizzards 1.066 19 Wizzards 1.033 +.033
18 Grizzlies 1.015 5 Grizzlies 0.988 +.027
5 Kings 1.065 23 Kings 1.041 +.024
3 Sonics 1.070 25 Sonics 1.050 +.020
9 Celtic 1.037 13 Celtic 1.022 +.015
12 Nuggets 1.024 10 Nuggets 1.010 +.014
7 Wolves 1.040 15 Wolves 1.028 +.012
26 Bull 0.977 2 Bulls 0.965 +.012
14 Cavs 1.022 12 Cavs 1.013 +.009
19 Pacers 1.013 11 Pacers 1.011 +.002
24 Sixers 0.998 9 Sixers 1.004 -.006
10 Raptors 1.035 24 Raptors 1.048 -.013
27 Nets 0.974 7 Nets 0.993 -.019
21 Magic 1.011 18 Magic 1.031 -.020
22 Warriors 1.010 17 Warriors 1.030 -.020
20 Clippers 1.011 21 Clippers 1.037 -.026
25 Blazers 0.992 14 Blazers 1.022 -.030
8 Lakers 1.039 29 Lakers 1.070 -.031
11 Bucks 1.024 27 Bucks 1.057 -.033
15 Knicks 1.020 26 Knicks 1.053 -.033
23 Jazz 1.000 28 Jazz 1.058 -.058
28 Bobcats 0.970 20 Bobcats 1.037 -.067
30 Hornets 0.951 22 Hornets 1.040 -.089
29 Hawks 0.970 30 Hawks 1.072 -.102

 

[George O'Brien]

I had those numbers, but decided my article was too long with them.

Seriously, I found ranking the possession differntial tracked point differential so closely they were probably redundant. nba.com Statistics Sortable

The game actual impact of the points per possession factor is not as clear unless we look at what happens when it is multiplied by the league average number of possessions per game (roughly 95)

Team Points Per Impact
1 Spurs 0.949 90.16
2 Bulls 0.965 91.64
3 Pistons 0.971 92.24
4 Rockets 0.979 93.00
5 Grizzlies 0.988 93.87
6 Heat 0.988 93.89
7 Nets 0.993 94.33
8 Mavs 1.001 95.06
9 Sixers 1.004 95.40
10 Nuggets 1.010 95.96
11 Pacers 1.011 96.03
12 Cavs 1.013 96.28
13 Celtic 1.022 97.09
14 Blazers 1.022 97.11
15 Wolves 1.028 97.65
16 Suns 1.029 97.79
17 Warriors 1.030 97.83
18 Magic 1.031 97.98
19 Wizzards 1.033 98.11
20 Bobcats 1.037 98.47
21 Clippers 1.037 98.55
22 Hornets 1.040 98.80
23 Kings 1.041 98.89
24 Raptors 1.048 99.56
25 Sonics 1.050 99.74
26 Knicks 1.053 100.00
27 Bucks 1.057 100.44
28 Jazz 1.058 100.46
29 Lakers 1.070 101.69
30 Hawks 1.072 101.82

BTW, getting the factor to below 1.0 would mean more than a two point a game improvement for the Suns because their opponents get the ball over 100 times a game.

 

[playstation]

http://www.arizonasportsfans.com/vb/showthread.php?t=46644&highlight=offensive+efficiency

for fun facts on just how OFFENSIVELY efficient we were last year. hint...it wasn't just the best of the year...