For the season, the Nuggets have been highly effective on defense, ranked 8th in the NBA in Defensive efficiency. On offense, they’ve been more middle of the pack, coming in around 20th.
With Melo out, those number have changed drastically.
With Melo:
Offensive Efficiency: 103.8 (20th)
Defensive Efficiency: 101.2 (8th)
Without Melo:
Offensive Efficiency: 98.9 (29th) (approx)
Defensive Efficiency: 96.3 (1st) (approx)
So without Melo, they drop nearly to last place in the NBA in offense, and vault into first in defense.
Interesting.
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1 comment:
Well obviously. Your best offensive player (not to mention leading scorer) doesn't play, points will lack and the team obviously won't score as much. The rest of the team says to themselves "Oh man we better step up our game now that our best player is out", therefore the defense is improved. It's not rocket science
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