Portland is #1 in FG% in the playoffs through tonight.

[KingSpeed]

We're shooting 47.5% from the field. Dallas is second hitting 47.1%.

 

[KingSpeed]

Here's the rest:

3. OKC 46.5
4. Memphis 46.5
5. New Orleans 45.9
6. Boston 45.4
7. Lakers 45.3
8. Atlanta 45.2
9. Denver 45.2
10. Miami 44.9
11. San Antonio 42.0
12. Indiana 41.9
13. Chicago 40.5
14. Orlando 39.9
15. Philadelphia 39.8
16. New York 38.7

 

[B-Roy]

Yet we've bested 90 points only one time, and haven't hit 100 in three games. Just strange...

 

[KingSpeed]

I know. Crazy.

 

[jlprk]

Unsurprising. Slow pace enables time to make shots. It also requires a good percentage because it gives you so few opportunities. I'd rather have more opportunities and the luxury to make a lower percentage.

 

[PapaG]

Unsurprising. Slow pace enables time to make shots. It also requires a good percentage because it gives you so few opportunities. I'd rather have more opportunities and the luxury to make a lower percentage.

Well, that works both ways. It's why efficiency is more important than PPG.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Scoring more than the other team is the key to victory. Having to shoot suck a high % leaves less room for error. Slow pace teams have to be all but perfect to win, and more times than not, they aren't

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Scoring more than the other team is the key to victory. Having to shoot suck a high % leaves less room for error. Slow pace teams have to be all but perfect to win, and more times than not, they aren't

This is why running teams with tons of possessions do so well in the playoffs.

 

[SheedSoNasty]

This is why running teams with tons of possessions do so well in the playoffs.

Green font?

 

[BlazerCaravan]

Green font?

 

[jlprk]

The elite teams have both a running game and a halfcourt game, instead of just one like us. Although we've improved at fast break this year because of the assistants and Miller and less Roy.

 

[BlazerCaravan]

The elite teams have both a running game and a halfcourt game, instead of just one like us. We've improved this year because of the assistants and Miller and less Roy.

We run pretty well at home; we freeze up on the road, but very few teams can run on the road successfully.

 

[Shooter]

It must be all those lobs to Aldridge.

 

[Minstrel]

Scoring more than the other team is the key to victory. Having to shoot suck a high % leaves less room for error. Slow pace teams have to be all but perfect to win, and more times than not, they aren't

If the game is played at low pace, the opponents get fewer possessions also. Which implies that they have to be perfect to win also. The reality is that low possession games favor teams that are efficient offensively in the half-court, which Portland is.

 

[illmatic99]

Sample size...

 

[Mediocre Man]

If the game is played at low pace, the opponents get fewer possessions also. Which implies that they have to be perfect to win also. The reality is that low possession games favor teams that are efficient offensively in the half-court, which Portland is.

Thus our extreme success in the playoffs?

 

[B-Roy]

Unsurprising. Slow pace enables time to make shots. It also requires a good percentage because it gives you so few opportunities. I'd rather have more opportunities and the luxury to make a lower percentage.

Which, I suppose is why we were 24th during the regular season in FG%...right?

If the game is played at low pace, the opponents get fewer possessions also. Which implies that they have to be perfect to win also. The reality is that low possession games favor teams that are efficient offensively in the half-court, which Portland is.

I think they're okay in the half court....bottom half of the league in FG%, TS%, and the like. Good at not turning it over and offensive rebounding.

 

[Mediocre Man]

This is why running teams with tons of possessions do so well in the playoffs.

No, but it's why teams that are last don't normally do well. Somewhere in the middle is where most great teams are. There are exceptions for sure on both sides, but it's not the norm

 

[Minstrel]

Thus our extreme success in the playoffs?

The team has played one meaningful playoff series, against Houston. And they actually played pretty well against Houston, a top team that had the HCA. Last year, they were essentially without Roy (who was an important part of that year's team) and had an injured Batum. I know you like to pretend this group has a long and storied pattern of failure in the playoffs, but it really isn't true.

The other issue, of course, is defense. Portland's team defense hasn't been great and that's obviously important.

 

[Minstrel]

No, but it's why teams that are last don't normally do well. Somewhere in the middle is where most great teams are. There are exceptions for sure on both sides, but it's not the norm

Great teams succeed because they do most things well. A team's pace doesn't lead to success, playing well leads to success.

 

[magnifier661]

Thus our extreme success in the playoffs?

Don't count us out just yet. This season, our half court offense doesn't involve just jump shooting. There is a big difference of our half court execution from last years as opposed to this year. It's evident with the amount of Points in the paint.

You honestly don't believe teams that run often do really well in the playoffs do you?

 

[BlazerBeav]

The team has played one meaningful playoff series, against Houston. And they actually played pretty well against Houston, a top team that had the HCA.

Agree, though it was sadly Portland that had the HCA but could not protect it.

 

[Mediocre Man]

Don't count us out just yet. This season, our half court offense doesn't involve just jump shooting. There is a big difference of our half court execution from last years as opposed to this year. It's evident with the amount of Points in the paint.

You honestly don't believe teams that run often do really well in the playoffs do you?

I think a lot of people get confused with pace and running.

 

[KingSpeed]

I think our high FG% is because we get the most easy baskets in the league, being the league leader I'm alley oops and all. We're no longer just a jump shooting team anymore.

 

[Minstrel]

Agree, though it was sadly Portland that had the HCA but could not protect it.

Ah okay. For some reason I thought they lost HCA on the last day.

 

[3RA1N1AC]

ally oops! its pretty nice to see those