02-03-2024, 12:19 PM
(02-03-2024, 12:17 PM)Mavs2021 Wrote: Also 99.9% a big fat lie, too. Thibs having the worst defense in the league is as likely as Gran Williams measuring at 7´0.
The Knicks gave up a gargantuan 124.4 points per game in December, prior to the trade.
They cut that mark by nearly a quarter in January, allowing just 100 per game -- marking the NBA's largest improvement in points-per-game allowed in a month, per ESPN's Stats & Information.
Parse it differently and the outcome is still the same: New York had the league's worst defense in December, hemorrhaging an NBA-high 123.6 points per 100 possessions. With Anunoby in the lineup in January, though, the Knicks limited opponents to a league-best 104.4 points per 100 possessions.