2.5 games back of philly for the division.

crzymdups wrote:Knicks now 5th in defensive efficiency and close to miami at 4th.

2.5 games back of philly for the division.

That is overall but look at the efficiency numbers since Woodson took over! Blowing everyone away by a mile!

Oh right, we did not play anyone. LMAO

Hollinger Stats - Defensive Efficiency

RK TEAM PACE AST TO ORR DRR REBR EFF FG% TS% OFFEFF DEFEFF 
1  Phi 91.9 16.1 19.4 24.2 75.1 49.7 48.1 51.1 101.7 94.9 
2  Bos 92.8 17.0 25.8 20.1 71.9 47.1 49.3 53.3 98.6  95.8 
3  Chi 91.9 16.1 23.2 32.7 73.6 53.5 49.3 52.7 105.3 96.2 
4  NYK 96.5 13.6 26.5 27.4 74.4 50.6 48.1 52.7 99.9  97.3
5  Mia 94.1 14.8 24.9 26.3 73.3 51.0 51.4 55.9 106.2 97.4 
6  Atl 92.1 15.5 23.7 24.2 74.1 49.2 48.9 52.4 100.4 98.6 
7  Dal 93.9 15.1 23.7 23.3 74.7 49.1 48.6 52.3 100.2 98.7 
8  Mem 94.2 13.9 24.1 29.4 73.1 50.8 47.0 51.2 100.1 99.0 
9  LAL 92.8 15.3 25.3 28.6 74.2 52.7 49.0 53.4 102.8 99.9 

I think you can make a pretty good argument that the knicks are the best defensive team in the league right now.

Nalod wrote:
Personally I don't care where we finish in any efficency ranking.

Its wins and losses.

I get that defense wins and this is a good thing.

You win by outscoring your opponent!

Damn, Now I sound like !

The top six teams in defensive efficiency are all Eastern Conference playoffs teams. It kind of stands to reason that the Knicks defense needs to be as good or better than the playoffs teams they'll be facing.

I've always been of the mindset that defense wins championships. Which is why I've wanted JVG back for so long. But Woodson is doing as good a job with the defense as JVG ever did, with potentially worse defensive players overall.