Data Analysis: Why can Thunder player Dolter become the strongest 3D in the league?

In the NBA league, every team that wants to compete for the championship must have mace-style defensive evil players, tough and thorny. This kind of player is a stadium order destroyer and a locker room order guardian. They are heroes admired by home team fans, and the evil people who grit their teeth with the visiting team fans. They are ghosts wandering on the edge of the rules and the death that limits the core of the opponent. They strive for victory for the team in an unpleasant way. When the team stars stand in the spotlight to enjoy praise through gorgeous scores, this kind of player must act as evil people to bear the reputation in the dark. They use physical confrontation and technical fouls to cast the championship trophy, and push the team to the top in an alternative way.

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This type of players are familiar to fans include Pistons Bad Kids Legion leader Zilan Bill, Bulls dynasty Rodman, Spurs dynasty Bruce Bowen, Lakers dynasty Fisher, Warriors dynasty Pachuria and Drummond Green, and now the Thunder's Lugez Dorte wants to take over the baton. Today's top-up test will bring you Dorte's data analysis.

Before the finals started on June 4, the American ringer website updated the latest NBA 2024-25 top 100 stars. Dort ranked 78th in the league, and 87th in the early season improved by 9 places, ranking 6th in the Thunder (2nd in the league, 20th in the league, Chett in the league, 27th in the league, Caruso in the league, and Harten in the league, 65th in the league). The website comments are as follows:

Dolt's cell leader, even the best outside scorer in the NBA will encounter difficulties.

In early January this year, after the Boston Celtics lost to the Oklahoma City Thunder, Celtics coach Mazula explained that Jaylen Brown scored 21 points in the first half, but failed to score 1 point in the second half: "The Thunder changed to let Dort guard him." Then in the next game, Dort blocked another star, and the agile forward guard swinger forced the Cavaliers Mitchell to play the worst game of the season.

The Oklahoma City Thunder has many excellent defensive players, but Dolter is the core of the best defensive team in the NBA this century. When Doulte guards the front line, Alexander can take risks and steals more calmly, Caruso can wait for an opportunity to cut into the assisted defense gap, and Homegren and Harten are also easier to protect the basket. This former one-way player has also made progress on the offensive end. His high three-point shooting percentage has reached 40% in the past two seasons. His opponent can no longer let him go to the open space and cannot focus more on other Thunder players. According to the comprehensive website evaluation, he is currently the best 3D player in the league. Then let’s see how strong he is from the two aspects of defense and three-point shooting.

In the selection of the best defensive player this season, Dort ranked fourth in the league with 109 points, first Mobley scored 285 points, second Dyson Daniels scored 197 points, third Green scored 154 points, and he was selected as the best defensive player team.

He has excellent athletic ability and strength. In the 2019 draft physical test, he stood bounced 82 cm, ranked 8th among the rookies of this year, and the maximum bounce of this year was 96 cm, ranking 12th among the rookies of this year. The bounce champion of this year was Jaylen Lake, with a maximum bounce of 1.09.

If you want to be a thorn in the NBA, you must have strength, otherwise once a conflict occurs, you will be directly overthrown by the opponent or picked up like a chick. Dort has pushed 14 times in the rookie physical test 84 kg bench press event, ranking 6th among the rookies. The power king of the same class was Grant Williams, who has pushed 20 times in a row.

Dolt currently weighs 100 kilograms and ranks third among the main players of the Thunder, only lower than Harten and Jerin Williams. He is a short and muscular man, and he is very suppressed in terms of physical confrontation and strength. These physical talents have helped him put huge pressure on his opponents on the defensive end. His shortcomings are his poor wingspan. His height is only 2.04 wingspan, and he will have shortcomings in preventing opponents from shooting.

Average 10.3 shots against opponents per game in the regular season, ranking fifth among the Thunder, Harten 14.9 times in the first place, Chett 14.8 times in the second place, Alexander 12.5 times in the third place, and Carson Wallace 11.9 times in the fourth place. The opponent hit 4.4 goals under his defense, limiting the opponent's shooting percentage to 41.9%, reducing the opponent's shooting percentage by an average of 4.3 percentage points, which is a very excellent defensive level.

entered the playoff stage, and averaged defense against opponents to 11.2 times in 16 games, ranking fourth among the Thunder, Chett 15.4 times, Alexander 13.6 times, and Harten 11.5 times in the third. The opponent hit 4.7 goals under his defense, limiting the opponent's shooting percentage to 41.9%, reducing the opponent's shooting percentage by an average of 5.8 percentage points. It can be seen that he still maintains excellent defensive efficiency while increasing his defensive tasks.

In addition, it is necessary to make it clear that the opponent's scoring arrowheads are responsible for defending. Just like the Guzidi in "Assembly", they take on the most difficult defensive tasks. Let's take on the regular season and playoffs against the main stars, everyone can check the quality.

The top ten players in the regular season counterattack defense time (because they played against the Western Conference team four times, the top ten are basically Western Conference stars)

1. Defensive Edwards was 29 minutes, 32 seconds and 134 rounds, and Edwards hit a 37.5% shooting percentage.

2. Defending Markanin for 24 minutes, 15 seconds and 105 rounds, Markanin hit a 16.7% shooting percentage.

3. Defending Irving in 22 minutes, 36 seconds and 104 rounds, Irving's shooting percentage was 31.8%.

4. Defending Harden in 21 minutes, 16 seconds and 105 rounds, Harden hit 20%.

5. Doncic hits 53.8% in 20 minutes, 38 seconds and 106 rounds..

6. Defending Jaylen Green in 19 minutes and 93 rounds, Jaylen Green's shooting percentage was 44.4%.

7. Defending Jamal Murray in 18 minutes 10 seconds 89, Jamal Murray hit 50%.

8. Defending Fox in 16 minutes, 54 seconds and 94 rounds, Fox hit 47.6%.

9. Protect Tatum for 14 minutes, 16 seconds and 68 rounds, Tatum hits 30%.

10, defending Van Vleet in 14 minutes, 13 seconds and 65 rounds, Van Vleet hit 25%.

It can be seen that in the regular season, except for Doncic and Jamal Murray, all other stars are off the power. The most incredible ones like Markkanen and Tatum who have a height and wingspan advantage over him can't get any advantage. In addition, Harden, who made 2 of 10 shots in Dorte's defense (including 1 of 7 three-pointers), and Harden's title of Terminator is well-known.

When it comes to the playoffs, his top three defensive time corresponds to the ace backcourt of his opponents in three rounds of playoffs.

The first round of defense against Morant was 13 minutes, 25 seconds and 69. Morant made 5 of 14 shots under his defense and shot a percentage of 35.7% (of which 2 of 7 three-pointers were 28.6%). Morant couldn't get crazy at him.

The second round of defense against Jamal Murray in 200 rounds in 42 minutes. Murray made 16 of 42 shots under his defense and shot 38% from 3-pointers (of which 5 of 21 shots were shot from 24% from 24%). Murray completely lost the threat of scoring in front of him.

The third round of defense against Edwards was 33 minutes 17 seconds 170, and Edwards made 11 of 24 shots from 45.8% (of which 3 of 10 shots were 30% from 3 of 10 shots). The future appearance is not easy for him.

It can be said that during the entire Western Conference playoffs, Dort completely shut down the opponent's star guard scorer with defense.

Of course, he also has to talk about his negative defensive evaluation. Small moves and large defensive actions are the common labels of such players. Dort has made a total of 208 fouls this season, ranking 11th in the league. Compared with senior dislikers such as Green and Dillon Brooks, he has relatively few technical fouls. He has only 4 technical fouls this season. Edwards has 17 T fouls for the first time in the league, 16 for the second, Dillon Brooks, 14 for the third time, and Green and Tatum tied for 13 times. However, Dort had two malicious fouls and was directly expelled, ranking fourth in the league. The top three are VanVleet, Clarkston, and Stewart. All three tied for first three times.

On the other hand, his ability to receive and score, accounting for only 30% of the inside scores this season, and the extra three-pointers account for as high as 70%, ranking second in the Thunder (Isaiahjo is more ruthless than him, and the proportion of three-pointers outside the three-point line has reached 80%), and the assisted score accounts for as high as 86% ranks second in the Thunder (Isaiahjo 88%), and his independent score is only 14%. His average score of 10.1 points per game in the regular season is the lowest in the past five seasons. It can be seen that Dort has been completely 3D plug-in.

In the playoffs, the proportion of inside scores has shrunk to 14%, and the proportion of outside the three-point line has reached 86%, and the proportion of assisted scores has reached 97%, completely giving up personal offense.

Of course, we still have to look at efficiency. He averaged 6.4 points per game in the regular season, ranking 17th in the league. He received 353 three-pointers and made 149 goals, with a shooting percentage of 42.2% being a very outstanding level.

In the playoffs, the average receiving score dropped to 5.5 points, and it still ranks 17th in the league. It has a total of 93 three-pointers and 31 goals, and its shooting percentage has dropped to 33.3% is an unqualified level.

It can be seen that in the playoff stage with higher levels, marking the opponent's offensive core will consume a lot of physical energy whether it is defending the ball or defending the ball without the ball. In addition, the opponent's defense level is also the top level in the league. Dort's chances of taking calmly reduce, so his catch-and-shooting efficiency begins to decline.

The finals have started, and Dort performs well in the first game, but unfortunately the team was defeated by Halliburton in the last moment, and the Thunder's morale was hit hard. Now they need to regroup, especially Dort, who needs to give their opponents a defensive intensity.