One of the leagues best on defense?

[magnifier661]

It may not be easy breaking out of that slump against the Trail Blazers (33-36), who are one of the league's best teams at defending the perimeter. Portland has limited its opponents to 33.9 percent shooting from long range and 11 for 38 in its back-to-back victories.

This was in the thunder vs blazers preview on espn. I never thought we were even close to one of the best. That's awesome!

 

[-Ace-]

That's a surprise. Fourth best at defending the perimeter.....but we're sixth WORST at opponent FG%. Not a surprise.

 

[magnifier661]

That's a surprise. Fourth best at defending the perimeter.....but we're sixth WORST at opponent FG%. Not a surprise.

We are awful at defending the paint all season. We were terrible at guarding the pick and roll as well.

 

[-Ace-]

Honestly, at the beginning of the season, I thought our pick and roll coverage was excellent. Guys fought through the picks and covered their men. I don't know what happened, exactly. Maybe it was a dream I had.....

 

[magnifier661]

Honestly, at the beginning of the season, I thought our pick and roll coverage was excellent. Guys fought through the picks and covered their men. I don't know what happened, exactly. Maybe it was a dream I had.....

Could be tired legs too. I mean we have 4 players in the +35 minute category. Also Matthews injured his ankle and he seems a tad slower than at the beginning of the season.

 

[Sinobas]

If this team just had an interior defender.....

This is why I'm in favor of dealing LA if we could get an interior defender. I really don't think we'd miss his offense much. I think with Maynor, Claver and Leonard, we really have a decent bench and we've solved our backup PG issue. Now we just need a real center.

 

[VanillaGorilla]

We force our opponents off the three point line, right to the basket.

 

[jlprk]

the Trail Blazers (33-36), who are one of the league's best teams at defending the perimeter

After the other team makes 50 inside shots, we're good at making them miss their one outside shot.