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Boston's Defense: You Could Call it "Solid"
The season is young, and the statistical analyses of what has happened so far are still a little wacky. However, when it comes to defensive efficiency, no one is even remotely close to the Boston Celtics . The way most people judge defense, points against, is dreadfully misleading. Fast-paced teams are often great at defense, but they are so quick with the ball that they give the other team ...
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GAME 21 at Boston, Preview & Game Thread
Sactown Royalty — ... The offense was expected to be good; that defense? Um, a bit of a surprise. The C's have been suffocating -- Boston's D is six points per 100 possessions better than last year's top team (Chicago). Last season, the top 10 defenses were within six points per 100 possessions of each other. So far this season, no one is within six points of Boston. Rather awe-striking. As such, we can probably expect the Kings to suffer a bit -- especially when you consider who has been so fortunate as to beat Boston this year. Cleveland won a thriller as LeBron James took over, and ...

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