Defending to win championships? Of the 5 teams with the best defense so far in the playoffs, only one team has not made it to the second round!

Achenggao

2024-05-12 14:04Posted in Shandong Sports Creators

There's a saying in the NBA that says: offense wins, defense wins championships. A good offense can certainly help a team win more in the regular season, but in the playoffs, it's almost impossible for a team without a top-tier defense to win the championship. With that said, let's take a look at the teams with the best defensive performance so far in the playoffs, and whether they are really strong?

magic

The Magic are the only team in this list that did not enter the second round, but the Magic have been very successful, they were eliminated because of the team's lack of experience, this team has been a fish belly for the past few years, this season relied on excellent defense to reach the top five in the division, in the playoffs, although eliminated by the Cavaliers, but they also helped the team win 3 games with excellent defense, almost eliminated the opponent.

The Magic have 100 defensive efficiency so far in the playoffs, conceding only 95.9 points per game, and the reason why they were eliminated by the Cavaliers is that the Cavaliers are also very good defensively, and the Magic do not have the ability to shoot three-pointers, which also makes their offense easy to target opponents. A youth team deserves praise for playing such a good defense, with Suggs and Isaac among the top defenders in the team, and they prop up the team's defensive system.

knight

The Cavaliers' defense is different from the Magic, the Magic's defense relies more on talent and athleticism, while the Cavaliers rely on execution, and they complete the defensive task in each position according to the coach's deployment, so the team's defense has always been very successful, and even the Celtics have suffered deflated in the face of them, the Cavaliers team had the league's top rim protection before Allen's injury, and now even if Allen is injured, they still play a good defense by relying on execution.

The Cavaliers have conceded an average of 102.2 points per game so far in the playoffs, and their defensive efficiency is 107.4, and they have played 3 games with offensive powerhouses like the Celtics, and both of these statistics can be ranked in the top five of the playoff teams.

Timberwolves

The Timberwolves are probably the best defensive team in the league, they have great defensive ability at almost every position, and they also have Gobert, the best defensive player on the team. To be honest, Gobert is actually a side effect on the team's defense in the playoffs, and the Timberwolves' defense may be more terrifying without him, Conley and McDaniels are all top 3Ds, and Huazi and Towns are also very defense.

Relying on enough defensive resources, the Timberwolves have a defensive efficiency of 105.5 so far in the playoffs, conceding an average of 101.3 points per game, to be honest, if it weren't for the third game of the series against the Nuggets, the referee changed the penalty scale, maybe the Timberwolves have already got the match point, this team is rich in offensive and defensive resources, so they are now also favored to win the championship team, of course, if you want to win the championship, you still need the referee to treat the blow penalty equally.

celt

The Celtics are probably the strongest team in the league in terms of backcourt and wing defense, and their two big backcourts, White and Holiday, have both been selected to the All-Defensive Team, and both of them are very good in both individual and assist defense. Tatum and Brown are one of the best offensive and defensive combinations in the league, and their original team building strategy was to double the two probes against Leonard and George, and the Green Army has four top defenders.

Of course, the main reason for the lack of interior defense in the recent past is the injury of Porzingis, which affects their infinite rotation, even so, the Green Army has conceded only 95.9 points per game in the playoffs so far, the least in the league, and the third in the league in defensive efficiency of 104.8, they are favored to compete for the championship not only because they are in the East, but their strength is actually very strong.

thunder

The Thunder and the Magic are the same as the youth army, they can play such an excellent record is also unexpected, in the first round the team swept the Pelicans, facing the Mavericks, although now the score is 1-2 behind, but the Thunder have relied on their excellent defense has been in suspense with the Mavericks, for now, the two teams may need to play at least 6 games to be able to separate the winner.

The Thunder team lineup is actually very deformed, they don't have a real sense of the front line, and the inside confrontation is very poor, in this case, they rely on enthusiasm and talent to make up for the lack of the lineup, playing top defense, so far in the playoffs, the Thunder defensive efficiency is 99.5 first in the league, conceding 96.7 points per game and third in the league, they are as talented as the Magic and know how to work hard to win, such a young army, the future is definitely worth looking forward to.

Speaking of which, what do you have to say about these 5 teams? Welcome to leave a message to discuss.

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