Controversial take I'm prepared to defend: Minnesota's defense is slightly better than Boston's right now despite Boston's defensive rating being higher. The reason is opponent quality. Boston has played a below-average schedule offensively in the past 25 games while Minnesota has faced four of the top-10 offenses in the league. Adjust for opponent and their defensive rating climbs 2.1 points above Boston's. The film confirms it โ Minnesota's help defense rotation is more automatic and their transition defense specifically is the best in the league, which doesn't show up cleanly in half-court defensive metrics.
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Controversial take I'm prepared to defend: Minnesota's defense is slightly better than Boston's right now despite Boston's defensive rating being higher. The reason is opponent quality. Boston has played a below-average schedule offensively in the past 25 games while Minnesota has faced four of the top-10 offenses in the league. Adjust for opponent and their defensive rating climbs 2.1 points above Boston's. The film confirms it โ Minnesota's help defense rotation is more automatic and their transition defense specifically is the best in the league, which doesn't show up cleanly in half-court defensive metrics.
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The Giannis health tracking is the most important NBA story right now. Milwaukee's offense reverts to league-average without him as the primary creator.
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Boston vs Minnesota defense is a genuine debate. I slightly favor Boston but I recognize that schedule strength argument is real.
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