5 strong offensive teams that should play better defense

The Golden State Warriors’ Steph Curry shoots to his offense against the LA Lakers“Offense is the best defense” isn’t just a saying – it’s absolutely true.Winning a basketball game starts from playing good defense. The championship teams are almost well balanced in the defensive end of the floor too. In basketball defense is a team thing, everybody should be able to defend and play together in team defense.This depends on team chemistry, individual priorities and the Coach. The points a team score in a game will go in vain if the team does not play good defense. We present teams that have good scoring and offense, but they have to improve their defense to win and get to the next level.** The stats presented are current and the numbers could have changed since this article was written.

#1 Charlotte Hornets

The Hornets make the list because they have a good offense and have scored some high point totals this season. So for a team like Charlotte who have always been the league’s punching bag, making the list shows they are headed in the right direction. They have put together a good team this season and addressed their 3 point shooting need by adding Batum.

However, trading Noah Vonleh may have been an inadvisable move.

In the 2015 season, Charlotte have scored an average of nearly 105 points a game, but give up 101 points on average. With no shot blocker in the team and an undersized point guard, they must pick up their intensity on the defensive end.

If the Hornets want to make the playoffs this season they need to strengthen their defense, because at the mid-level the eastern conference is very competitive this year. They will miss Bismack Biyombo, but the current team has the length and size to play a good defense.