Some Impressive Defensive Numbers for the Blazers

The league leader in rebounding rate (reb. per min.) is Joel Przybilla. Greg Oden is 6th.

The league leader in block rate (blocks per min.) is Greg Oden. Joel Przybilla is 6th.

The league leader in steal rate (steals per min.) is Rudy Fernandez.

The Blazers have the second most efficient defense in the league (points per 100 possessions)

The Blazers lead the league in defensive field goal percentage, holding opponents to just 41.6%.

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While I agree our D is much improved so far this season

We have also played the weakest starting schedule of any team in the NBA. I expect that it will continue to improve over the season, but I think this team will likely end up in the 6-10 range for defenses overall for the season. Batum coming back healthy and playing well could improve that, but our perimeter D still leaves much to be desired. Teams with a legit big man to guard Greg and LaMarcus are going to cause us a lot of problems until the perimeter defenders are more consistent in funneling guys to the right spots on the floor.

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by CMCWizard on Nov 25, 2009 11:32 AM PST reply actions

Agreed.

It’s still nice to look at all the pretty numbers, though.

And while I think our overall defensive numbers will drop, I’m optimistic that the individual numbers being put up by Greg, Joel, Rudy, etc, will stay at or near the top of the league.

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by Blazer Guy on Nov 25, 2009 12:05 PM PST up reply actions