Previously: Rebounding, Josh Smith's Shot Selection, Three-Point Shooting, Jeff Teague's Playing Time
I looked at the Hawks' backcourt defense after the opening night win over Indiana. The parameters of this on-going survey have changed a bit. On opening night, Joe Johnson played at the 3 for just three defensive possessions. In the six subsequent games, he's played the 3 for 142 defensive possessions, thus, the three-guard lineups get their own chart in this edition. Also, Maurice Evans has played 14 defensive possessions at shooting guard (all of them alongside Jamal Crawford) so that tandem gets its own row on the chart. I'm not including Evans in the individual chart as his time at the 2-guard constitutes just 6% of his total defensive possessions played.
First, the two-guard lineups...
| Backcourt | Def Poss | Opp Pts | Def Eff |
| Crawford/Evans | 14 | 10 | 0.714 |
| Teague/Crawford | 123 | 125 | 1.016 |
| Bibby/Johnson | 229 | 235 | 1.026 |
| Bibby/Crawford | 33 | 35 | 1.061 |
| TEAM | 663 | 715 | 1.078 |
| Crawford/Johnson | 107 | 136 | 1.271 |
| Teague/Johnson | 12 | 21 | 1.75 |
It's interesting (though I'm not willing to draw any conclusions about it at this time) that Teague and Crawford have been fine while playing alongside each other but when either one plays alongside Joe Johnson (in a two guard lineup) those tandems have been terrible.
As the number of possessions under consideration grows, I'll examine whether the various backcourt combinations are getting unequal court time alongside the better or the worse post defenders.
Individual defensive ratings for post defenders, year-to-date...
| Player | Def Poss | Opp Pts | Def Eff |
| Horford | 452 | 468 | 1.035 |
| Josh Smith | 435 | 467 | 1.074 |
| TEAM | 663 | 715 | 1.078 |
| Joe Smith | 132 | 153 | 1.159 |
| Pachulia | 199 | 245 | 1.231 |
An examination of Marvin Williams' offensive and defensive efficiencies at the 3 and 4 is coming in the next post
Now, the three-guard lineups...
| Backcourt | Def Poss | Opp Pts | Def Eff |
| Teague/Crawford/Johnson | 31 | 31 | 1.000 |
| TEAM | 663 | 715 | 1.078 |
| Bibby/Crawford/Johnson | 114 | 123 | 1.079 |
The best, offensively, of Atlanta's frequently used lineups has been Bibby/Crawford/Johnson/Josh Smith/Horford which has scored 99 points in 70 offensive possessions (offensive efficiency: 1.414).
Finally, the on-court defensive efficiencies for the Hawks' guards...
| Player | Def Poss | Opp Pts | Def Eff |
| Bibby | 376 | 393 | 1.045 |
| Teague | 166 | 176 | 1.060 |
| TEAM | 663 | 715 | 1.078 |
| Crawford | 422 | 459 | 1.088 |
| Johnson | 493 | 545 | 1.105 |
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