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This years Defence Appriciation Thread

Deron Williams said:
This many posts and no one has pointed out that the Jazz haven't improved defensively? Last year: 102.9 pts. per 100 possessions, 11th in the NBA.
This year: 103.5 pts. per 100 possessions, 11th in the NBA
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Statistically, that's not an improvement. They rank the same, and there is not a high-confidence difference between points allowed per 100 possessions.


And if we step back from the numbers for a moment and are honest with ourselves, I don't know if we can say that the defense has improved much. Not with the vast lapses in perimeter D, help D, and boxing out--three skills that plagued the team for much of the year previously.

What's promising is that the team has the personnal and the potential to improve. What's not promising is that they haven't implemented it yet. Defense doesn't require near the "learning curve" that the Jazz offense does. It's simple: stay in front of your man, help on screens, help on the drives, communicate. Far less complex than knowing your location and movement in the offense.
 
unluckyseventeen said:
This is why you need guards crashing the boards if you expect to both play interior defense and recover from it. Jefferson's interior D >>> Bozzer's. Bozzer's idea of interior D was watch the guy go by and "grab it Memo!" if he happens to miss.
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LOL at the funny description and the true nature of the description. Well played, my friend.

Still, small sample size, rough schedule, huge role changes on the team.. to be 9-5 at this point is better than anybody could have asked for.
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Yes. Remember when Utah started 12-1? Congrats, N.O.!
 
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The defense really isn't that good. I've seen it kick in for stretches, but rotations aren't tight, guys are confused on switches, and Al/Sap are still figuring out how to patrol the rim as a unit. I can't account for the 11th in Efficiency, but I would say small sample combined with a few teams bricking is helping. I also wonder if the enormous number of offensive rebounds is adding "possessions" to make the numbers look better than they are. Either way, we're a long ways off where we need to be by the second half.
 
Deron Williams said:
This many posts and no one has pointed out that the Jazz haven't improved defensively? Last year: 102.9 pts. per 100 possessions, 11th in the NBA.
This year: 103.5 pts. per 100 possessions, 11th in the NBA
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Are we allowing less posessions per game? That would be improved defense.
 
Allowing fewer possessions doesn't improve defense.

Offensive rebounds don't count as new possessions; they count as a continuation of the previous one.
 
I've watched Jazz play a few teams that couldn't hit the broad side of a barn. This had nothing to do with Jazz defenCe, but has padded their stats significantly. To credit the Jazz, it seems like they've lost a lot of long rebounds. This isn't due to poor boxing out, and at least they're making them miss the first shot.
 
Deron Williams said:
Allowing fewer possessions doesn't improve defense.

Offensive rebounds don't count as new possessions; they count as a continuation of the previous one.
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Then it's a flawed stat. It should count as a new a possession because they get a new shot clock to set up a new offensive set.

The Jazz defense is much better forcing lower % shots and getting a hand up and challenging shots. I tend to agree with the statement that the rebounding is a matter of getting used to each other. So far Millsap and AL challenge players a lot more often putting them out of position for rebounds which means guys like AK, Cj, Raja, Deron and the rest of the bench need to be a lot more active boxing out and attacking the glass.

It's a new mindset for our wings however and they need to learn it. And it may take a little time until it becomes 2nd nature to do it.
 
Deron Williams said:
Allowing fewer possessions doesn't improve defense.

Offensive rebounds don't count as new possessions; they count as a continuation of the previous one.
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Weird. I was under the impression that the less possessions you allow the other team, the less they will score in general. I was not aware that it doesn't matter if the other team shoots it 80 times, or if they shoot it 100 times. My bad.
 
JazzSpazz said:
Weird. I was under the impression that the less possessions you allow the other team, the less they will score in general. I was not aware that it doesn't matter if the other team shoots it 80 times, or if they shoot it 100 times. My bad.
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Possessions per game is purely a matter of pace. Possessions do not equal shots. I must assume you must think it's good offense if you get more possessions per game, which is humorous to think about.

To clarify, a team can ONLY have one more possession than the other team per quarter. A team has 23 possessions a quarter? The other team MUST have 22, 23, or 24 possessions that same quarter. Defense/Offense has nothing to do with that.
 
I actually think Al's defense is underrated. Yes he has to box out more because he lacks that fundamental, which is pretty hard to develop when you're used to just raise your arms to grab rebounds over the top of everybody. He also needs to learn how to play better team defense, meaning coming from the weak side to alter/block shots and covering the ball-handler in a pick-and-roll.

But look at him when he's playing against big men like Dwight Howard. Howard was not as nearly dominant against the Jazz as he was versus teams with supposedly better defensive centers (Hawks with Al Horford, Nets with Brook Lopez, Pacers with Roy Hibbert, Grizzles with Marc Gasol). He also did well against Pau Gasol in the two preseason games, granted the games didn't count.

Anyhow, Jefferson's D >>> Boozer's D, maybe other than defensive rebounding.
 
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