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Philadelphia 76ers Bank D’Antoni Brings Fast Break Fix

By Bret Stuter

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He Is The  Basketball Offense Specialist, Philadelphia 76ers Bank D’Antoni Brings Fast Fast-Break Fix To NBA Worst Offense

91.1

If that were a body temperature, it would signal an urgent need to travel to an Emergency room and be resuscitated while warming the body gently.

91.1 points per game (PPG)

But when it’s a basketball team’s offensive production in average points per game, it needs immediate attention.   Unfortunately, there is no emergency room to move the team’s offense to.  So if the mountain cannot go to Mohammad, then Mohammad must go to the mountain.   In this case, Mike D’Antoni, one of the NBA premier offensive coaching strategists, is on his way to resuscitate the offense of the Philadelphia 76ers.

The Philadelphia 76ers are currently the worst in the NBA in scoring – with a 91.1 points per game that is 4.2 points per game worse than the 29th team offense of the Milwaukee Bucks, and approximately 10 points per game worse than the league average.  Yes it’s a young team and yes they are learning the game of basketball at the NBA level, but the team was looking to improve their offense this season while maintaining their hard earned defense of a year ago.

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Instead, the opposite is happening:  the offense never improved, and the defense is declining.  Last season, the Philadelphia 76ers offense ended the year at 92 points per game, while the defense surrendered 101.0 points per game.   While not great, the defense was ranked 20th in the league on marginal talent.  This year, the Sixers offense is a league low 91.1 PPG, while surrendering 104.2 PPG.   Head coach Brett Brown talked about the challenges  of the offense of his young team.

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