Blazers Offense Defense Numbers

[HailBlazers]

Offense: Looking Good, other than points in the paint.

Defense: Needs Improvement, inside the arc.

105.0: The Blazers' scoring average through four games. Last season, they averaged 97.5 points. Portland has not averaged 100 points in a season since 1994-95.

105.8: Points Portland's opponents are averaging, a number inflated by the 116 points they gave up against Houston on Tuesday. The Blazers allowed 100.7 points last season, the first time they gave up 100 per game since 1993-94.

3: Consecutive games in which Portland scored 100 points. After getting 91 points in their season-opening loss at Phoenix, the Blazers scored 113 against Denver, 115 against San Antonio and 101 against Houston. Last year, Portland did not get its third 100-point effort until the eighth game of the season, and their longest consecutive 100-point streak was three, achieved twice.

12.5: Average turnovers by Portland, the lowest in the NBA. That's a significant difference from preseason, when the Blazers averaged 21.7 turnovers and caused plenty of hand-wringing.

.310: Opponents' three-point shooting percentage against Portland, the sixth-best in the league. One of the Blazers' defensive goals is to limit three-point shots.

52: Average points in the paint scored by Portland's opponents, which ranks No. 29 in the league. As The Oregonian's Joe Freeman writes, it's part of the Blazers' status as a work in progress in trying to become a better defensive team.

29.5: Points in the paint averaged by the Blazers, which ranks last in the NBA.

30: Points scored per game on three-pointers by the Blazers, which ranks sixth in the NBA.

48.8: Cumulative scoring average of LaMarcus Aldridge and Damian Lillard, who rank No. 8 and 9 in the league and have the highest combined scoring average for two teammates. The Blazers duo is just ahead of Minnesota's Kevin Love and Kevin Martin, who are averaging 47.8 points.

2.25: Blocks per game averaged by Blazers center Robin Lopez, who is tied for sixth in the league. The Blazers last had a player average two blocks in 2009-10, when Greg Oden averaged 2.3 over 21 games. The last time a player averaged two blocks over more than 50 games in a season was 2005-06, when Joel Przybilla averaged 2.3 in 56 games.

17,491: The announced attendance at Tuesday's game, the second home game of the season. Typically, the home opener draws a sellout crowd, so the second game can be a significant indicator of interest in the team. Tuesday was the first time a second home game did not sell out since 2007-08, when 18,112 watched the Blazers beat Memphis. Tuesday's game produced the lowest second home game attendance since 2006-07, when 17,022 watched Portland beat the Lakers.

11th: The Blazers' rank in NBA attendance, with an average of 18,759. Portland has not finished below the top five in attendance since the 2007-08 season and has not been out of the top 10 since 2006-08.

Morning Jam: Trail Blazers by the numbers

 

[illmatic99]

Attendance on TUE is definitely disappointing. And that too, with a great opponent like HOU in town.

It's strange, because I actually think we're a really fun team to watch. Dame is probably worth the price of admission alone.

 

[HailBlazers]

It's strange, because I actually think we're a really fun team to watch. Dame is probably worth the price of admission alone.

Strange indeed, wonder what's up with that. Maybe the fans are tired of getting their hopes up and are waiting to see if this team is actually going to be a playoff contender. Or maybe Portlandia is just broke.

 

[Strenuus]

Damn. That low for POR/HOU. Interesting.

I'm hoping to get to go to a game or two this year.

And by the way, if you can, I'd suggest going to the Por/Cle game this year (I think they play here in Portland this year, like every year). Dame is worth the price of admission, yes. But Dame + Kyrie is insane. Saw it last year, and it was damn good.

 

[Public Defender]

The two most worrisome numbers to me?

29th in the league in defending against "points in the paint" (52 per game, over four games). And last in the league in scoring "points in the paint" (29.5 per game). A difference of more than 20 points average, over four games is a terrible disparity.

Those numbers are not for a .500 team, those are numbers for a team headed for the bottom of the conference.

 

[BrianFromWA]

It seems to be by design. You have to get to our 6th option (Lopez, who takes 5.5 of our 88 shots per game) before you see a player who takes even 30% of their shots in the paint.

 

[julius]

I think lack of readily available games on TV hurts more than they think or know. Also, as much as Damian has been awesome, the team doesn't really have a "must see" reputation.

And their defense is so bad, I wouldn't pay to see them.