"* As Henry Abbott has often pointed out, Portland’s high offensive rebounds and low turnovers mean they don’t play nearly as slowly as Pace Factor indicates. Their Speed Index value supports this notion; by Speed Index, they’re still in the bottom half of the league, but they’re much faster than their Pace lets on." This is an interesting look at offensive and defensive pace. San Antonio is still a somewhat slow offensive team, Phoenix is still the fastest offensive team, and Portland's offense is actually not abnormally slow.