That's a good point. Post play is now much harder than in the mid-90s rules. We saw how San Antonio pretty much neutralised Z-Bo, a great post player, with their half-zoning. However, this is not completely without a cost, you still compromise your defensive integrity, and had Memphis had decent shooters, they would have countered effectively. If I was defending a Howard PnR, I would similarly give-up on something, the least dangerous poison. Maybe the way Rudy T. Was defending the PnR: the big stays with roll man and the guard ducks under the screen. This way you're preventing a dunk (if the big switches) or a layup (if the guard tries to go over the screen but can't), but concede an open mid-range jumper. Make Lin and Harden beat you 16-18 footers.
After 4 games + 11.8. In those two starts he did not screw up... he had couple rebounds, steals, blocks and in those games the team went on to leads. Don't get me wrong. I also think he might be immature (homeless incident and some boneheaded plays) but he is able to stay on the court, averaging 2 Fouls a game and that is quite an accomplishment. To get on the court and be able to stay there and get better. DMO can't do that right now. He can't effectively help out on Defense without fouling. As of now.
i don't think garcia would've figure it out he's a good defender if we didn't put him on durant all of a sudden he's a D and 3s guy
Preseason Team Stats: Code: [B]team pace won lost Off Def Net[/B] ChicagoBulls 94.5 8 0 103.4 90.4 13.0 HoustonRockets 98.4 6 1 109.8 96.9 12.9 BrooklynNets 96.4 5 2 102.0 92.2 9.7 TorontoRaptors 94.4 6 1 106.2 97.5 8.6 MinnesotaT-wolves 96.7 4 2 106.9 98.9 8.0 CharlotteBobcats 91.8 5 3 98.6 90.6 8.0 SacramentoKings 96.3 5 2 103.8 96.8 7.0 NOrleansPelicans 96.0 7 1 105.3 98.6 6.7 PortlandTrailBlazers 97.4 5 2 97.6 92.9 4.7 OklahomaCityThunder 95.2 3 3 100.6 97.3 3.3 LAClippers 95.5 5 3 102.0 98.8 3.2 PhoenixSuns 98.0 4 2 97.6 96.3 1.2 MiamiHeat 92.6 5 3 102.0 101.0 1.0 WashingtonWizards 95.9 2 5 96.7 95.8 0.9 IndianaPacers 95.2 3 5 98.9 98.6 0.3 GSWarriors 100.0 3 4 92.4 92.5 -0.1 BostonCeltics 94.0 2 6 100.4 101.0 -0.6 DetroitPistons 94.7 3 4 98.9 101.4 -2.5 DallasMavericks 95.2 4 4 95.1 97.9 -2.8 LALakers 100.7 4 4 95.2 99.3 -4.2 SanAntonioSpurs 101.0 2 4 100.9 105.3 -4.3 ClevelandCavaliers 97.7 4 4 94.1 98.8 -4.6 OrlandoMagic 97.1 2 6 99.1 105.4 -6.3 DenverNuggets 100.4 2 5 90.1 97.0 -6.9 MilwaukeeBucks 95.6 1 5 94.4 101.5 -7.0 NYKnicks 93.1 2 5 99.6 106.7 -7.1 UtahJazz 97.0 1 7 94.2 101.9 -7.7 AtlantaHawks 96.4 1 6 91.0 100.7 -9.7 MemphisGrizzlies 95.9 3 4 90.8 101.0 -10.3 Philadelphia76ers 103.7 1 5 91.0 106.3 -15.3
Dang Memphis is projected to be really bad this year if preseason is any indicator. Chicago vs Houston for finals!
Houston was tops in the league in point differential per game (+10.4); 106.7 for and 96.3 against. Chicago was next as +10.3.
Cool. Thanks! Your stats seem to slightly differ from the "official" ones, though. According to John Schuhmann, the Rockets were 1st in ORtg at 107.0 and 10th in DRtg at ???.
I used an approximation formula for possessions -- .976 x (FGA + 0.44*FTA + TOV - ORB). His figures may be more accurate.
