Offense wins EuroLeague games (and titles)

07/Dec/18 16:00 December 7, 2018

Aris Barkas

07/Dec/18 16:00

Eurohoops.net

Though according to the old saying, the defense is the most important aspect in victories, the numbers in the new Turkish Airlines EuroLeague format demonstrate a different story.

By Aris Barkas/ barkas@eurohoops.net

Basketball at its core is a pretty simple game, however, there’s a simple truth to that. Everything that happens on the court is interconnected. You might have heard that “offense sells tickets, but defense wins championships,” a quote that comes from American football. In basketball, the truth is that often a good defense leads to an even better offense and a bad offense simply destroys any defensive plan one might have.

Still, it’s quite evident that after the change in the EuroLeague format and with the level of play getting better season by season, the numbers on the offensive sides are on the rise. And while it’s easy to say it based on simple numbers, we turned once more to the good people of “Statathlon” and asked them to prove it, using advanced analytics.

The results of their research provide solid proof that offensive efficiency is taking over as the primary goal of every team and if that helps tickets, even better…

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