re: Maybe I'm wrong...but I think we have a group of pretty much horrible individual...

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I understand if some don’t like Willie Green, but it would be a shame to not give him a ton of credit for our defense

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For sure, folks forget the same players scoring have to defend the other team from scoring. They're a switch defense but eventually get put in bad matchups.

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For sure, folks forget the same players scoring have to defend the other team from scoring. They're a switch defense but eventually get put in bad matchups.

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I think Willie deserves credit for our defense but we were a top defense last year and lost in the play in. Question is how important is having a top defense in the regular season relative to success especially in the playoffs? Playoffs in all honesty everyone starts playing defense. In todays NBA its imperative to have a high caliber offense and offensive lineups just as it is playing defense if not more.

I don’t know what thread to post this in but for my gambling brethren, Herb 1 steal and 1 three made parlayed is -154. In Herbert I trust

Herb is the best all around player on the team. I like that too

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Herb is the best all around player on the team. I like that too

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For example, he's usually our #1 "get back" guy on defense so doesn't go all the way in for offensive rebounds. That seems to have changed in past 2 games. Could likely have something to do with DD being out. DD is very aggressive rebounder...on BOTH ends. Good luck.

What app are you using? I don't even see the option to use Herb on steals or to drop the o/u on 3's to 1 instead of 1.5. Didn't know you could do that on a SGP.

I freaking love the lineup with Dyson and Herb man. Talk about length and size.. those two baws play some lockdown defense. I’m an optimist and we’ve got some player salaries to work around but damn I’m excited to see the development of those two baws. You have to appreciate players that play the game the right way, don’t care about stats. They just want to win

Btw, the Herb 1 3 made and 1 steal parlay is now -193. Let’s go Herbert, my favorite Bama boy

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we’ve allowed the lowest 3 point shooting percentage in the league

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this is the kind of jinx shite only I can conjure up

Rockets will go over 50% from 3 tonight now

6/8 to start the game from 3. Pels win anyway

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They give up the second fewest shots from 0-6 feet out, but when opponents do get to the rim they shoot the 6th best against us. So we're good preventing shots at the rim, but if they ever get to the rim no one is stopping them

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I meant that 3 point % in general has a fair amount of luck to it. I’m unsure how much luck ours has involved- it seems like we’ve “cracked the code” the last two years where we give up a lot of looks but get teams to shoot poorly on them? That seems somewhat unsustainable when stated that way, but over 2 years suggests it may not be? It’s strange.

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I think these two observations go hand in hand. Not all wide-open looks are equal as some defenses will "concede" the open look generated from a side to side pass, in order to take away dribble penetration/drive and kick. Will Wade touches a bit on this strategy at the 2:40 mark. Ideally you get back and contest those shots too so they aren't wide open, but you can't take away everything.

Easier to shoot when the pass is coming from the paint with the hoop already in your line of vision.

With the stats showing we successfully limit shot attempts at the rim, that seems to indicate that we are limiting those inside out looks. Yeah, there's some luck involved, but the wide-open percentages seem mostly by design.