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Utah held opponents to fewer than 90 points 27 times this season, the most in the NBA.

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https://espn.go.com/blog/nba/post/_/id/2272/jazz-by-the-numbers-utah-first-in-points-allowed

The Utah Jazz finished the 2014-15 season first in opponent points allowed with 94.9 per game. The Jazz also led the league in opponent points allowed after the All-Star break at 89.0 per game. Utah held opponents to fewer than 90 points 27 times this season, the most in the NBA.

Utah held seven opponents to fewer than 80 points, which is also the most in the NBA (per Elias Sports Bureau). The Jazz finished with a 19-10 (.655) record after the All-Star break, the sixth-best win percentage in the NBA in that span.
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Where did we end up defensively in the NBA, with two weeks left in the season we were at 13th.
 
Darkwing Duck said:
Biggest reason for that is they played at the slowest pace in the league.
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Kind of a lazy argument. Did the jazz play with a slow pace? Yes. Was that slowness a variable in number of points we allowed? Yes. Was it the "biggest reason"? Well, that requires more argumentation.
 
Although the Jazz played at a slow pace they still played great defense. Pretty sure I read somewhere that the Jazz had the best points per possession post all star break
 
NAOS said:
Kind of a lazy argument. Did the jazz play with a slow pace? Yes. Was that slowness a variable in number of points we allowed? Yes. Was it the "biggest reason"? Well, that requires more argumentation.
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Golden State, the best defensive team in the league, did it 17 times while at the fastest pace in the league (about 8 more possessions per game more than the Jazz).

Miami, the nineteenth best defensive team in the league, did it 15 times at the second slowest pace in the league (half a possession more per game than the Jazz).

How can a team that's bad at defense have only two fewer games for this metric than the best defensive team in the league? Pace. It's why this metic is pretty useless.
 
NAOS said:
Kind of a lazy argument. Did the jazz play with a slow pace? Yes. Was that slowness a variable in number of points we allowed? Yes. Was it the "biggest reason"? Well, that requires more argumentation.
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Good post. Obviously we weren't as quick and efficient on offense as we'd hoped. But if teams had to plat slower against our defense then that would be a good thing.

Anyone know of a stat that shows time per possession by opponents. Then you could combine that with points per possession and come up with a better defensive measuring stick, IMO.
 
Jazz ranked 6th after break. 6th seed in the West was my accomplishment but it appears they are set to even more.
 
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