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#72: Great defenses without great defenders

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Celtics vs Celtics: What's the Trade Off?

The Celtics were famous for this in certain circles, because they would basically never crash the glass and always prioritize defence at the end of their own offensive possessions. If you fall back and you don't crash the boards, you can have great shooting numbers and draw fowls, but you're going to give up a bunch of second chance opportunities that would drive up your offensive rating. And in exchange for that, you pick up defensive rating. The two thousand 18 celtics, with brad stevens,. Al horford, the best shop locker, around three %. This is the survey of these teams. It's not some final, polished thing where i've calculated this effect for

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