What determines a BBL league winner?
The common saying is "Win games and the league will sort out
itself" but how are games won? Is it scoring points? Stopping the opposition
from scoring? Or both?
Leicester Riders are having a brilliant season so far and
are sitting quite comfortable at the top of the table winning 10 out of their
11 games. But to assume this is down to scoring lots of points would be very
wrong.
Leicester are averaging 79.1 points per game, which doesn’t
seem too bad, but this puts the Riders at a shocking 8th in the Average Points
per game table. Manchester Giants, who sit at 10th in the league table, are
even out-scoring them.
So how do they do it?
Well this is simply. Although they are only averaging 79.1
points per game, they are managing to hold their opponents to 68.8 points per
game. This gives them the best defensive record in the league this year.
Plymouth raiders on the other hand are averaging an
impressive 95.8 points per game but are letting their opponents score an
average 85.3 points on them. The raiders are currently 4th in the league table.
How do you win games? Stop the opposition scoring.
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