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Originally Posted by alphaorange
Please tell me how you defined slow pace. Do you mean scoring? The type of offense? I tend to think that very good defensive teams will score less because they will make the opponent use more time indicating less possessions and less shot opportunities. I am referring to an offense that is very deliberate in its pace. I'm not sure the Pistons nor Dallas fall into that category. Miami does WITH Shaq. Not so much without him. I also think SA is a bad example. They try to get out and run but are equally comfortable in the half court set. My opinion is that the Knicks will not make much of an effort to play at a fast offensive pace, preferring to pound it inside as much as they can. I think it will be effective but boring.
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slow paced teams are defined as the ones who dont have as many possessions as most others .
i took the stat right off of knickerblogger.net's stat page
http://www.knickerblogger.net/stats/2007/
there are plenty of ways to play god defense helped by pace , the pistons slow things down because their pg is excellent at all forms of tempo....most pg's aren't used to having to slow down off of their normal pace ....just like the suns like to quicken the pace to induce mistakes from players not able to handle that pace....most PG's like to play at their own pace.
the pistons in particular play that way because thats just the way Flip saunders likes to run his offense it was like that in minny and its like that in detriot ...it works very well for him...the moment he became coach they became one of the better offensive teams in the league.in his 2 seasons they ranked 8th and 6th in off. efficiency ....they were 17th when he became their coach....in his last 3 full seasons as head coach of the t'wolves his team ranked 5th overall each time.
avery has taken to a style to maximize his defense so he slowed the game down i agree, and when the pace was forcibly quickened on him against G.S. his team was eliminated...because his team was ill equipped to adapt despite being a fast paced team only a few years ago.