"On defense, you could do everything right and the guy …

"On defense, you could do everything right and the guy could make an impossible shot on you," the Western Conference analytics staffer said. "You could do everything wrong and the guy could miss a very easy shot. But how do you determine who was most responsible for that?" A defensive player could have a high blow-by rate, one Eastern Conference analytics staffer said, meaning players he is guarding tend to "blow by" him toward the lane. But perhaps that rate is a product of a defensive scheme designed to run shooters off the 3-point line and funnel them toward a shot-blocking center in the paint.

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