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The Rockets will have a top 10 defense this season

Discussion in 'Houston Rockets: Game Action & Roster Moves' started by OremLK, Oct 3, 2023.

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    How's the Rockets unguarded (>6 feet) 3 point defense doing?
     
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    From that tweet: Last in fast break points allowed last season, they are 1st this season.

    This has been huge. Sengun has cut down his turnovers a lot eliminating some fast break chances while at the same time creating a lot more chances on offense. FVV has basically turned the Rockets from having the most turnover prone PG to one of the least turnover prone PGs.
     
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    We are 15th right now and 13th on offense. That's a massive improvement but still not a big enough sample size.
     
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    If I’m Udoka, I show this film to Jabari and say “this is your future if you don’t improve your strength and develop a yeoman’s post game that includes a high release baby hook.” Absolutely no reason for any player with a 7 inch height advantage to not be able to get a shot off in this scenario.
     
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    This is my favorite thing about the season so far.
     
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    We up.
     
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    The Knicks beat the Clips with that......

     
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    It's nice to be in the positive for once after being so incredibly bad the last few years. We weren't even visible in the chart lol.
     
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    Mavs - Best Offense - Average Defense
    Spurs - 2nd Worst Defense
    Pels - Average on both ends = similar to LAL
    Sac - 5th Worst Defense - Below Average Offense
    Grizz - Bad Offense - Surprisingly average Defense
     
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    They're getting after it. They're doing what they're supposed to.
     
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    Not just top 10, they are 5th in the entire league in net rating, below only Boston, Philly, Denver and Minnesota.
     
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    The Rockets also currently have one of the best 5 man line-up in the league in NetRtg.

    The line up of Van Vleet - Green - Brooks - Smith - Sengun has played a total of 120 minutes. This is:
    1. The 4th highest NetRtg among 5 man line-ups that have played at least 50 minutes (among 31 total line-ups)
    2. The 3rd highest in NetRtg among 5 man line-ups that have played at least 70 minutes (among 14 total line-ups)
    3. The highest NetRtg among 5 man line-ups that have played at least 90 minutes, although this list shrinks down to just 7 total line-ups.
    However, at 120 minutes, this is currently the 5 man line-up with the most minutes played together in the league. Among the top 10 5-man-line-ups with the most minutes played, this Rocket starting line-up has the 3rd highest NetRtg behind only the Celtics and Nuggets, but at significantly more minutes.

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    What we can at least derive from this is the Rockets currently try to field their starting 5 together as much as possible, because they are very successful when they play together (the Ast% is a thing of beauty).
     
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    I believe we have the 2nd highest net rating among starting 5s in the entire league, only behind the Celtics.
     
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