Rebounds?

[hoopdedo42]

We killed the hawks in points and just about everything else. Can we beat better teams and not get offensive rebounds? We got hammered on the boards last night. Is it just because the bench played alot of minutes? Does any one knowof a break down by quarters for rebounds?

 

[thegrahamcrackr]

The Suns had 1 more rebound than the Hawks. They had 10 fewer offensive rebounds, which is mostly explained by the fact they shot 50.6% from the field compared to atlanta's 33%.

When you miss 20 less shots than your opponents, in theory you should loose the offensive rebound battle. There were more than a couple of times they gave up, though it isn't as bad as people think.

 

[arthurracoon]

Well, I agree that they should have had less o rebounds.

But still, they should have limited ATL's offensive rebounds.

I heard on the radio, ATL got 31 points from 2nd chance points.

To beat better teams, the Suns will need to keep other teams from the offensive glass by boxing out.

 

[George O'Brien]

I suspect that this will be a problem all year, even if Amare learns to block out. One of the problems with being a running team is that you can't run with five guys in the paint trying to get the defensive rebound. At the same time, teams that send everybody to the boards like the Hawks did will get some points but give up a lot more at the other end.

Defensive oriented teams usually are more concerned with getting back than in crashing the offensive boards. I don't have access to the stats any more, but if memory serves the teams with the best offensive rebounding stats typically had the worst defensive statistics.

That being said, the Suns players will have to rise to the challenge because they do not have a reputation for being good rebounders which encourages opponents to crash the boards.

 

[Joe Mama]

I've been bitching about the Phoenix Suns rebounding as much or more than anyone lately. Last night was not encouraging in that department. However, to be fair, they probably had a little but of trouble getting motivated to crash the boards hard when they were whipping the Hawks like that.

I've been watching Francisco Elson tonight for the Denver Nuggets. He's far from an all-star center, but he's as good or better than anything the Phoenix Suns currently have at that position.

Joe Mama

 

[scoutmasterdave]

I think it is also worth noting (as I believe someone else mentioned this in another thread) that Walker, Harrington, and Willis are all upper-echelon offensive rebounders. Most teams won't have three guys that are that focused on crashing the offensive boards...

 

[jbeecham]

The Hawks got a lot of offensive rebounds in garbage time to boost up their stats. There were a few possessions where the Hawks seemed to get 4-5 attempts because Lampe & Vroman couldn't get the board. They brought in Hunter and that helped a little, but I thought the Suns did well rebounding the ball when the regulars were in. They actually rebounded much better when Voshkul was in the game.