Off rating takes away the pace, but when you play a fast pace team vs slow paced team, you'll have to maintain your efficiency in offense for a higher number of possessions (compared to your average number of possessions at which you achieved your rating), which will (on average) result in a drop in your efficiency. So if you achieved the same offensive rating with a higher pace, generally it is better, although the offensive ratings are equal. The general break down is fast break, transition, half-court, second-chance(offensive rebounds) and defensive second-chance(steals) imo. You need to go down to this level to understand a team at a reasonable level. Pace just combines too many things but still a good indicator and higher pace is better.
Pace is just another useless stat. This team plays better, faster. I figured that out watching the games. Probably a good idea for some of the stats only fans.
....and yet, reasonable people that watch games would know the Rockets double big lineup and lineup with Okogie instead of Adams are incredibly slow. I get getting the ball up the court quickly and doing actions fast are generally plusses, but Sengun, Adams, and Durant are great players that are going to slow the team down while they destroy the opposition. Amen and Tari are really the only players the Rockets have that thrive playing fast. Everyone else relies on their skill or the skill of others. Pace really doesn't have much to do with being good as their are things fast that are good and things fast that are incredibly bad.
To me there is never a reason to walk the ball up. As much time that you have in the half court is a good thing. Maybe that’s not playing fast, but it used to drive me crazy how long it took FVV to get into the offense. Taking advantage of defensive rebounds and getting out fast in transition is going to be advantageous for Amen, Tari, Jabari, Reed, DFS, Okogie, and even Sengun who likes to run the floor. Certainly some circumstances and personnel will slow things down a bit, but we should never walk the ball up unless we are intentionally trying to run clock.
Well points differential is a combined stat including defense. Offensive rating isn't really a singular stat. PPG is a glmps to offense if you play no defense and the other team takes 3 seconds to score you can always inflate your PPG just by having more possessions. An offense really comes down to 3 stats, efficiency, rebounds, and low turnovers.
Playing fast has mostly worked today. Only mostly as they've gotten a little too wild a couple of times. Boston has no answer for the Rockets size. They are trying to go the flopping route.
I think Rockets still have room to improve how well they work together. Rockets just too big, too much talent for the last 3 East teams.
Amen looking *way* more comfortable. Reed looking much more confident launching from 3. Still has some issues picking up his dribble. Sengun fluctuating a little bit but god damn this offense looks so much better this year. Wonder why.
Tonight's TS% for the rotation players: Reed: 100 Okogie: 89 Durant: 87 Tari: 86 Adams: 67 Amen: 58 Jabari: 58 Sengun: 42 Total: 70
The true Test is against Wemby and not AD and Coop, I think Alpe is getting ready for the NBA Cup Game. Other than the Thunder, they have been playing all Eastern teams who all do not strategize against Offensive Juggernauts.
People forget that last year we had one of the worst backcourt combinations of FVV and JG in terms of FG%. They weren't being labeled brick brothers for no apparent reason. "Since 2022-23, Fred VanVleet and Jalen Green are tied for the most games with a field-goal percentage below 30.0 and 10+ field-goal attempts, with 28 games." https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask?q=most+games+shooting+below+30%+on+at+least+10+fga+last+3+seasons
