[爆料] Jazz offense efficiency in Motion

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http://www.nba.com/2008/news/features/john_schuhmann/11/12/numbers.game/ index.html The Numbers Game: Jazz offense efficiency in Motion By John Schuhmann, NBA.com Posted Nov 12 2008 2:30PM When you list the best offensive teams in the NBA, how quickly do you come to the Utah Jazz? They ought to be right at the top of the list. Last season, the Jazz were the most efficient offense in the league, scoring 115.6 points per 100 possessions. They were better than the Lakers, the Suns, the Warriors or any other offense you might consider potent. Now, maybe that's not all that surprising, because you know their roster. Carlos Boozer, Andrei Kirilenko and Mehmet Okur have all been All-Stars and Deron Williams will be one very soon and very often. This season though, Williams missed Utah's first six games and Kirilenko has been coming off the bench, meaning guys named Ronnie Price and C.J. Miles have been starting for Jerry Sloan. Yet through those six games that Williams missed, the Jazz were still in the top eight in offensive efficiency. And, oh yeah, they were 5-1. That clearly speaks to Sloan's system. Jazz *Offensive Rating (League Rank) 2006-07: 111.7 (3) 2007-08: 115.6 (1) 2008-09: 109.5 (10) *Offensive Rating is defined as points scored per 100 possessions. The league average this season is 106.0. At every NBA game, you will find several advance scouts (employed by other teams) sitting courtside, watching the coaches call plays and charting the ensuing action on the floor. That information is passed on to the scouts' own employer. This allows defenses, upon hearing the play call, to (figuratively) cheat defensively and take away what the offense is trying to do. Sloan wants his opponent to hear his play calls. The Jazz run a lot of their offense out of a one-four set, where the point guard brings the ball up, the two bigs are at the elbows, and the two wings are in line with the bigs, near the sidelines. There are plays where the first pass goes to the wings and there are plays where the first pass goes to a big. And with each of those plays, there are a myriad of options that can be run on the fly, depending on how the defense is playing. So, if the defense hears Sloan make the call and overplays to where they think the ball is going, the Jazz will just counter it and get an open shot elsewhere. "If you think you've stopped one thing," says new acquisition Brevin Knight, "we've got something else to go to that's off that same play." It may sound complicated, but it's not. Knight just joined the Jazz this summer and says that he's had no problems adjusting to the system. And most important, the system is effective. There are several reasons why: 1. The players know the system, they know to stay within the structure of the offense and they execute it. "When you have a structured offense the way we do," Price says, "you know where everyone's going to be on the court, so you know where to get guys the ball, and you know where guys are supposed to be." "I think we're disciplined about [setting screens]," Boozer adds. "We take pride in setting screens to get the man open, and we take pride in moving the ball to the open man." As long as they don't freestyle, it works. "They just can't go out on their own," adds Sloan, "because nobody has any idea of what's going on when they do that. That makes it difficult for everybody." 2. It all comes down to simple basketball logic. "It's just making reads," Price says, "and common-sense basketball reads that you're taught to make when you're a little kid. It's just that we pretty much do it every time down the court." If you've got basketball IQ, you'll fit in just fine. 3. The Jazz are constantly in motion. This is not your typical NBA offense, heavy on isolations and screen-and-rolls. The Jazz don't play one-on-one or two-on-two. Their offense functions as a five-man unit. "It's very different from any other offense in the NBA," Kyle Korver says. "We run a lot of motion sets, not a lot of one-on-one, a lot of screens, a lot of cutting, a lot of movement." Williams and Boozer do run standard screen-and-rolls at times, and the Jazz do go to straight post-ups for Boozer as well, but the beauty of their offense is in the motion. And most of the cuts and screens are going toward the basket. Obviously, shots taken close to the basket are better than those taken far away. Not surprisingly, the Jazz are No. 1 in the league in points in the paint, scoring 54.8 paint points per 100 possessions this season. 4. They have a good mix of talent. Williams is the floor general, Boozer is the low post banger, Ronnie Brewer and Miles are athletic slashers, and Korver and Okur can burn you from outside. "I'm not necessarily getting wide-open shot after wide-open shot," Korver says, "but I help create spacing, I keep the middle open, and that's where we're really trying to attack all the time." "You need to have the people to space the floor for that to work, and that's where I come in." Then there's Kirilenko, who can pretty much do anything and everything on the floor. Sloan likes to take advantage of AK's length and passing ability by putting him in the high post to feed Boozer down low. He even runs the point at times. 5. They share the ball. Utah ranks second in the league (behind Toronto) with an assist-field goal ratio of .679, and were in the same spot (behind New Jersey) last year as well. "For us, we have to set screens and we have to pass the ball," Boozer says. "Basically, if you're willing to set screens and pass the ball, [the system] can work for anybody." 6. The Jazz have continuity with their personnel. The offense is intuitive, but it has to be collectively intuitive. When one player sees how the defense is playing, his teammate has to see it as well, and know how they're both going to react. So, the more time they spend together on the floor, the more efficiently their offense runs. "We have had the luxury of keeping seven or eight core guys together for three or four years," Kirilenko says. "And of course, it makes playing a lot easier. We understand each other, because we've played together." ---- Most NBA teams like to use their defense to get their offense going when they're struggling. The Jazz may be the one team that uses their offense to get their defense going. On Tuesday, Utah let the Sixers get back into the game by scoring just 14 points in the third quarter. And while the Jazz outplayed the Sixers on both ends of the floor to take back control early in the fourth, Sloan says it started with the offense. "Our second group came in and executed our offense, and then we were able to defend them better." Utah's defense is the variable, and will determine their success this season. Last year, they ranked 12th defensively, allowing 108.1 points per 100 possessions. This season, they rank fourth (99.8), meaning their D is ahead of their offense at this point. With Williams returning and Okur coming back eventually, the offense will certainly catch up. They've got the talent, and they've certainly got a time-tested system. "Over the years," Price says, "it's proven to be an efficient offense and the Jazz have always been a high field-goal percentage team. It's been around since Stockton and Malone, and even before them. "Statistics don't lie. It works." -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 118.169.45.61

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