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#72: Great defenses without great defenders

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The Early Bucks and the Bulls Without a Shop Locker

In the early 19 eighties, there were a ton of these teams who seemed to be able to generate pretty high end defensive impact in the regular season without a classic protector behind them. In 19 80 sacramento with sam lacey in the middle, think an underrated passer, but his block percentage was only two point six %. And this was a team with phil ford at point guard, and otis bird song and scott wed ben,. It was coached by cotton fitz simmons. They forced the most turnovers in the league. So it's like, if we have active, disruptive guys on the perimeter, then maybe we can generate a lot of defensive value without a taking away

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