NBA Thread 2026

[Fly Illini Fly!]

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[IlliniFaninHoosierLand]

I get that the general perception in the NBA is that there isn’t a lot of defense played. I can understand that sentiment more often than not. But last night, the third quarter of the Spurs-OKC game shows that perception isn’t always true. San Antonio put OKC in a vise grip for 12 minutes and didn’t let go. The Thunder were chasing shadows the rest of the night.

There is defense played but not every team plays it at a high level. The analytics, especially the 3 ball now being more a bigger part of the game, have somewhat swung the idea that defense isn't played.

The regular season is a bunch of pattycake. The playoffs are a different animal, especially when series' go 6-7 games.

That's true to a certain extent. Benches get shortened quite a bit in the playoffs too though. Some teams may only play their five starters and maybe the first 2 or 3 guys off the bench and that's it.