Believe it or not, there are 82 NBA games played by each team between the months of October and April. This most commonly is referred to as the regular season. The term “regular” feels very apt at this moment, considering the emotional highs and lows that came with the 2019 playoffs, and the twitter-infused whirlwind that swept up the entire NBA universe during the first week of July. Despite the relative calm of those 82 games, there is important data that we can pull from them to help predict and hypothesize what we might see from the Philadelphia 76ers on the court next season, specifically on the defensive end.
Philadelphia 76ers: Why recent changes might elevate the defense
