Defense by shot zone
Where every defense gives up the most: field-goal percentage, shots and points allowed from each part of the floor, season 2026-27. Green = one of the ten most generous defenses in that zone, red = one of the ten stingiest.
Gives up the most Allows the least · ranks among 30 teams
Boston Celtics
Gives up the most: Paint (#19 in FG% allowed). Toughest: At the rim (#28).
FG%Shots/gPts/g
At the rim
60.8%#28 · lg 65.5%
19.5#28 · lg 24.4
23.6#30 · lg 31.9
Paint
42.5%#19 · lg 44.4%
14.6#21 · lg 16.9
12.4#23 · lg 15.0
Mid-range
35.2%#21 · lg 35.9%
50.9#3 · lg 46.7
35.8#7 · lg 33.6
Corner three
–lg –
0.0#1 · lg 0.0
0.0#1 · lg 0.0
Above the break three
–lg –
0.0#1 · lg 0.0
0.0#1 · lg 0.0
11 games · lg = the league's average per team and game
Every team: FG% allowed
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| Team | Rim | Paint | Mid | Corner 3 | Above-break 3 | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 67.2% #10 | 39.0% #28 | 32.3% #29 | – | – | 12 | |
| 63.0% #21 | 41.3% #20 | 37.6% #7 | – | – | 11 | |
| 62.8% #23 | 43.0% #18 | 39.7% #3 | – | – | 9 | |
| 62.6% #24 | 40.1% #23 | 35.8% #14 | – | – | 11 | |
| 60.8% #28 | 42.5% #19 | 35.2% #21 | – | – | 11 | |
| 71.9% #3 | 45.3% #13 | 37.6% #6 | – | – | 10 | |
| 64.6% #15 | 45.5% #12 | 35.2% #20 | – | – | 10 | |
| 70.5% #5 | 39.3% #27 | 36.0% #12 | – | – | 12 | |
| 66.8% #11 | 50.0% #3 | 41.0% #2 | – | – | 11 | |
| 64.5% #16 | 46.8% #10 | 38.5% #4 | – | – | 11 | |
| 63.8% #19 | 43.0% #17 | 35.8% #15 | – | – | 11 | |
| 74.9% #1 | 52.6% #1 | 37.1% #9 | – | – | 11 | |
| 62.9% #22 | 33.9% #30 | 35.3% #19 | – | – | 10 | |
| 67.4% #9 | 39.6% #24 | 37.7% #5 | – | – | 12 | |
| 66.5% #12 | 44.0% #15 | 41.4% #1 | – | – | 10 | |
| 64.3% #18 | 48.0% #8 | 34.3% #25 | – | – | 11 | |
| 72.2% #2 | 44.4% #14 | 34.4% #24 | – | – | 10 | |
| 68.0% #8 | 39.4% #26 | 35.9% #13 | – | – | 9 | |
| 62.4% #26 | 48.2% #7 | 36.9% #10 | – | – | 11 | |
| 71.5% #4 | 50.3% #2 | 35.0% #22 | – | – | 11 | |
| 64.6% #14 | 39.5% #25 | 33.0% #28 | – | – | 10 | |
| 70.0% #6 | 43.7% #16 | 35.0% #23 | – | – | 10 | |
| 66.0% #13 | 50.0% #4 | 34.3% #26 | – | – | 11 | |
| 59.9% #29 | 41.1% #22 | 35.4% #18 | – | – | 11 | |
| 63.0% #20 | 48.6% #5 | 37.2% #8 | – | – | 10 | |
| 56.3% #30 | 37.1% #29 | 35.4% #17 | – | – | 11 | |
| 64.5% #17 | 41.1% #21 | 31.2% #30 | – | – | 11 | |
| 61.8% #27 | 48.3% #6 | 35.6% #16 | – | – | 10 | |
| 68.9% #7 | 46.5% #11 | 36.0% #11 | – | – | 11 | |
| 62.6% #25 | 47.5% #9 | 33.3% #27 | – | – | 11 | |
| League average | 65.5% | 44.4% | 35.9% | – | – | 160 |
From where every shot was taken in the play-by-play, 160 finished games. At the rim is the restricted area, Paint the rest of the lane; corner threes count both corners. Rank 1 allows the most. Use it with the props board: a scorer who lives at the rim against a defense that gives it up has the matchup on his side.