Atlanta Hawks
The Hawks allowed 108.2 points per 100 possessions last season (21st in the league), up from 103.1 the season prior (fourth). That was the league’s biggest increase in defensive efficiency last season.
Boston Celtics
The Celtics have ranked in the top five in opponent 3-point percentage in each of the last 11 seasons. Over those 11 seasons, no other team has ranked in the top five in opponent 3-point percentage more than *five times.
Brooklyn Nets
The Nets allowed their opponents to take just 57 percent of their shots from the restricted area or 3-point range. That was, by far, the lowest rate in the league as shots from the restricted area (worth 1.23 points per attempt league-wide over the last three years) and from beyond the arc (1.07) are the most efficient ones.
Charlotte Hornets
The Hornets drew 430 more fouls than they committed last season. That was double the differential of any other team in the league and the second biggest differential of the last 20 years.
Chicago Bulls
The Bulls led the league in player movement, averaging 11.6 miles traveled (from five offensive players) per 24 minutes of possession, according to Second Spectrum tracking.
Cleveland Cavaliers
Over the last four seasons, the Cavs have ranked second in both 3-point percentage and the percentage of their shots that have come from 3-point range. In 3-point percentage, the Cavs only trail the Golden State Warriors over the last four years.
Dallas Mavericks
The Mavs’ most-used lineup – Dennis Smith, Wesley Matthews, Harrison Barnes, Maxi Kleber and Dirk Nowitzki – was outscored by 14.8 points per 100 possessions. That was the worst mark (by a wide margin) among 48 lineups that played at least 200 minutes together.
Denver Nuggets
The Nuggets ranked last in opponent 3-point percentage, allowing their opponents to shoot 37.8 percent from beyond the arc.
Detroit Pistons
Last season, the Detroit Pistons were outscored by 8.3 points per 100 possessions when Reggie Jackson and Andre Drummond were on the floor together. That was a net rating worse than any team in the league last season.
Golden State Warriors
The Warriors’ defense allowed 3.7 fewer points per 100 possessions in the playoffs (100.5) than it did in the regular season (104.2). They were the first team in 17 years to lead the postseason in both offensive and defensive efficiency.
Houston Rockets
The Rockets scored 1.12 points per possession on isolations, by far the highest rate in 14 seasons on play-type tracking by Synergy.
Indiana Pacers
The Pacers outscored their opponents by 6.4 points per 100 possessions with Oladipo on the floor, and were outscored by 7.3 with him off the floor.
LA Clippers
The Clippers are the only team that has ranked in the top 10 in offensive efficiency in each of the last seven seasons.
Los Angeles Lakers
The Lakers saw both the biggest post-All-Star-break increase in 3-point percentage and its biggest post-break increase in the percentage of their shots that came from 3-point range.
Memphis Grizzlies
The Grizzlies committed 15.6 turnovers per 100 possessions last season. That rate ranked 28th and was up from 13.7 (ninth) in 2016-17. The additional 1.9 turnovers per 100 possessions was the league’s biggest increase.
Miami Heat
The Heat played 53 games, most in the league, that were within five points in the last five minutes.
Milwaukee Bucks
Bucks opponents took 37 percent of their shots from the restricted area. That was the highest rate in the league by a pretty wide margin.
Minnesota Timberwolves
According to Second Spectrum tracking, the Wolves allowed their opponents to take 20 percent of their shots in the first six seconds of the shot clock.
New Orleans Pelicans
Last season, the Pelicans were the league’s most improved shooting team, with an effective field goal percentage of 54.1 percent (fourth in the league), up from 50.4 percent (19th) in 2016-17.
New York Knicks
The Knicks’ ratio of 3-point attempts to mid-range attempts was just 1.03, the lowest in the league.
Oklahoma City Thunder
The Thunder were 11.2 points per 100 possessions better defensively with Andre Roberson on the floor (allowing 96.4) than they were with him off the floor (107.6).
Orlando Magic
The Magic scored just 98.6 points per 100 possessions after the All-Star break last season.
Philadelphia 76ers
The Sixers’ starting lineup outscored its opponents by 21.4 points per 100 possessions, the best mark among 29 lineups that played at least 300 minutes together.
Phoenix Suns
The Suns ranked last in both offensive and defensive efficiency last season.
Portland Trail Blazers
The Blazers were the only team that recorded assists on less than half of their field goals last season.
Sacramento Kings
The Kings attempted 19.4 free throws per 100 shots from the field.
San Antonio Spurs
The Spurs saw the league’s biggest drop in effective field goal percentage, from 52.4 percent (10th in the league) in ’16-17 to 50.7 percent (26th) last season.
Toronto Raptors
The Raptors’ defense allowed 16 more points per 100 possessions in games against the league’s top 10 offenses than it did in games against the league’s bottom 20 offenses.
Utah Jazz
Last season, the Jazz were 48-34, with the point differential of a team that was 55-27.
Washington Wizards
The Wizards took just 28 percent of their shots in the restricted area last season.
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John Schuhmann is a staff writer for NBA.com.
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