I was puzzled by finding that the Suns opponent's shooting percentage in 2004-05 was 44.5% and in 2006-07 was 45.7%; yet it certainly seemed like the Suns were playing better defense than when Q Richardson was on the team and KT wasn't.
But apparently the Suns weren't the only team to have a change in defense shooting percentage. In 2004-05, the Spurs held opponents to 42.6% while last season they held them to 44.3%.
It sure seems like shooting was up league wide. In 2004-05, only 7 shot better than 45.8%. This year 14 teams shot 46% or better.
In 2004-05, there were four teams that held opponents to under 43% and another 5 that held opponents under 44%. This year there were only two teams that held opponents to under 44%.
I don't have a theory as to what has changed, but I think it is interesting.
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