NBA Defense vs Position – 2019-20 Season

NBA defense vs position ratings, adjusted for quality of opponent. The rates below represent DraftKings points allowed vs expected, per minute.

Although the below rates seem low (Washington has a league-worst total rating of +0.069 DraftKings Points per Minute, as of 02/09/2020), keep in mind there are at least 240 minutes per game – 5 positions playing 48 minutes each. That means Washington allows, on average, 16.56 more DraftKings points than expected per regulation game, based on the quality of their opponents.

Glossary:

rt = Rate: DK Points Allowed vs Expected, per minute

rk = Rank: team’s rank for that statistic

Season-to-Date – NBA Defense vs Position

Team	PG.rt	PG.rk	SG.rt	SG.rk	SF.rt	SF.rk	PF.rt	PF.rk	C.rt	C.rk	TOT.rt	TOT.rk
ATL	0.061	27	0.085	30	0.089	30	0.055	29	0.061	27	0.071	30
WAS	0.098	30	0.053	28	0.07	29	0.012	17	0.053	25	0.059	29
CLE	0.072	29	0.059	29	0.065	28	0.005	13	0.012	17	0.042	28
GSW	0.062	28	0.048	27	0.031	25	0.038	23	0.028	22	0.042	27
POR	0.03	22	0.009	21	0.005	15	0.085	30	0.072	28	0.038	26
MIN	0.046	26	0.041	26	0.026	23	0.038	24	0.023	21	0.035	25
NOP	0.033	24	0.032	23	0.039	26	0.05	27	0.016	18	0.033	24
HOU	0.033	25	0.037	25	0.048	27	0.048	26	-0.01	14	0.031	23
CHO	-0.022	10	0.014	22	0.008	16	0.052	28	0.088	29	0.027	22
MEM	0.02	21	0.037	24	0.009	17	0.021	21	0.036	23	0.024	21
CHI	-0.074	1	0.004	19	0.021	21	0.044	25	0.09	30	0.016	20
BRK	0.016	19	-0.018	11	-0.003	14	-0.021	10	0.049	24	0.005	19
MIL	0.019	20	-0.017	14	-0.023	9	0.029	22	0.018	19	0.005	18
NYK	0.032	23	-0.021	10	0.018	20	0.021	20	-0.027	10	0.004	17
DET	-0.012	15	-0.021	9	-0.02	10	0.01	16	0.057	26	0.004	16
PHO	-0.001	17	0.007	20	-0.015	11	0.014	18	-0.007	15	0	15
SAS	0.007	18	-0.017	13	0.023	22	0.006	15	-0.024	12	-0.001	14
TOR	-0.025	8	0.003	17	0.026	24	0.016	19	-0.075	2	-0.012	13
LAC	-0.038	5	-0.022	8	-0.03	7	0.005	14	0.022	20	-0.014	12
DAL	-0.019	12	-0.037	5	0.01	19	-0.015	11	-0.017	13	-0.016	11
ORL	-0.016	13	-0.035	6	0.009	18	0.002	12	-0.038	7	-0.016	10
SAC	-0.004	16	0.002	16	-0.012	12	-0.052	6	-0.055	5	-0.023	9
IND	-0.015	14	-0.012	15	-0.06	4	-0.085	2	0.003	16	-0.033	8
MIA	-0.073	2	0.003	18	-0.011	13	-0.03	8	-0.07	4	-0.036	7
BOS	-0.025	9	-0.031	7	-0.041	6	-0.033	7	-0.053	6	-0.036	6
DEN	-0.067	3	-0.046	3	-0.027	8	-0.026	9	-0.027	11	-0.039	5
UTA	-0.035	6	-0.018	12	-0.074	1	-0.057	4	-0.03	9	-0.042	4
OKC	-0.022	11	-0.056	2	-0.054	5	-0.055	5	-0.038	8	-0.044	3
LAL	-0.032	7	-0.043	4	-0.068	2	-0.061	3	-0.104	1	-0.061	2
PHI	-0.056	4	-0.056	1	-0.065	3	-0.1	1	-0.07	3	-0.069	1

Last modified March 11, 2020 1:02 pm EST

Last 10 Games – NBA Defense vs Position

Team	PG.rt	PG.rk	SG.rt	SG.rk	SF.rt	SF.rk	PF.rt	PF.rk	C.rt	C.rk	TOT.rt	TOT.rk
ATL	0.135	30	0.143	30	0.055	24	-0.014	8	0.13	30	0.096	30
MIN	0.132	29	0.129	29	-0.042	8	0.058	25	0.127	29	0.082	29
NOP	0.044	22	0.097	28	0.133	30	0.021	17	0.016	19	0.066	28
WAS	0.104	28	0.032	19	0.103	28	0.002	13	0.018	22	0.056	27
POR	-0.053	6	0.091	27	0.073	25	0.059	26	0.059	26	0.043	26
CLE	0.031	17	0.021	18	0.048	22	0.089	30	0.013	16	0.039	25
ORL	0.006	15	0.01	15	0.024	19	0.061	27	0.088	27	0.033	24
HOU	0.035	20	0.017	16	-0.017	11	0.055	24	0.057	25	0.028	23
GSW	0.036	21	0.043	22	0.004	12	0.032	19	0.016	20	0.026	22
SAS	0.05	24	-0.027	7	0.119	29	-0.012	10	-0.021	13	0.023	21
NYK	-0.019	13	0.047	25	0.021	15	0.045	21	0.015	18	0.023	20
CHO	-0.028	10	0.003	12	0.055	23	0.054	23	0.04	24	0.021	19
DEN	0.033	19	0.04	20	0.034	20	-0.029	7	0.004	15	0.017	18
BRK	-0.042	8	0	11	0.093	26	0.069	28	-0.026	11	0.016	17
DAL	-0.03	9	-0.01	9	0.1	27	0.007	14	0.017	21	0.015	16
CHI	-0.127	1	0.008	14	0.047	21	0.045	20	0.102	28	0.01	15
UTA	0.054	25	0.074	26	-0.1	2	-0.046	4	0.015	17	0.004	14
TOR	-0.049	7	0.017	17	0.021	16	0.015	16	0.02	23	0.002	13
PHO	-0.026	11	-0.009	10	0.018	14	0.07	29	-0.051	9	0.001	12
DET	0.07	26	-0.043	3	-0.063	5	0.025	18	-0.023	12	-0.005	11
MEM	-0.092	3	0.047	24	0.011	13	0.011	15	-0.031	10	-0.011	10
IND	0.027	16	0.043	23	-0.026	10	-0.044	5	-0.059	7	-0.012	9
OKC	-0.022	12	0.006	13	0.023	17	-0.042	6	-0.051	8	-0.017	8
BOS	0.077	27	-0.041	4	-0.027	9	-0.004	12	-0.114	3	-0.018	7
SAC	0.031	18	-0.015	8	-0.052	6	-0.076	2	-0.015	14	-0.023	6
MIL	0.002	14	-0.031	6	-0.066	4	-0.012	9	-0.061	6	-0.034	5
LAC	-0.1	2	-0.041	5	0.023	18	0.047	22	-0.114	2	-0.036	4
MIA	0.045	23	0.041	21	-0.046	7	-0.055	3	-0.22	1	-0.044	3
PHI	-0.085	4	-0.063	2	-0.069	3	-0.004	11	-0.1	5	-0.064	2
LAL	-0.078	5	-0.067	1	-0.162	1	-0.081	1	-0.104	4	-0.099	1

Last modified March 11, 2020 1:03 pm EST

Points are calculated using the DraftKings (DK) scoring system, and player position is determined using the most recent position assigned to that player by DraftKings. 

A player’s expected DK Points per Minute is their season-to-date DK Points per Minute. This method helps control for quality and playing time of opposing players.

Keep in mind – position designations from DraftKings aren’t perfect and not every player within a position plays a similar style. Data calculated from box scores on Basketball-Reference.com

Also See: NBA Teammate Correlation – 2019-20 Season

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