{Everyone, please welcome Peyton Fine to The Bird Writes. He is our newest author and this is his first effort, a wonderful comparison of the Pelicans offense to the 2015 league leaders. - Oleh}
This year’s playoffs have made one thing very clear, the NBA is shifting from a "defense wins championships" league to an "offense wins championships" league. Of the four teams to play in the conference finals, the respective offensive ratings (points scored per 100 possessions) of the four teams was second, fourth, and sixth. The Rockets brought up the rear with a rating that was twelfth in the league, but even the Rockets turned that around by scoring the most points per game in the playoffs.