The Utah Jazz were the #4 best offense in the regular season, in terms of Points per Game. They were the #6 offense in terms of Offensive Rating. And as a team, they had a collective 1.19 points per shot value. Things have changed in the playoffs against a motivated and focused San Antonio Spurs defense. In the playoffs it's gone down all the way to 1.05 points per shot. That's a big drop off. Let's look at the players, and their performance so far in the playoffs:
Points per Shot | Minutes per Game | |||||||||
Player | Points | Shots | Playoffs | Season | Diff. | Playoffs | Season | Diff. | ||
Paul Millsap | 29 | 25 | 1.16 | 1.23 | -0.07 | 32.50 | 32.81 | -0.31 | ||
Al Jefferson | 26 | 31 | 0.84 | 1.12 | -0.28 | 31.50 | 34.02 | -2.52 | ||
Gordon Hayward | 25 | 16 | 1.56 | 1.33 | 0.23 | 32.00 | 30.53 | 1.47 | ||
Derrick Favors | 16 | 14 | 1.14 | 1.28 | -0.14 | 23.50 | 21.17 | 2.33 | ||
Alec Burks | 15 | 10 | 1.50 | 1.19 | 0.31 | 16.00 | 15.92 | 0.08 | ||
Jamaal Tinsley | 13 | 14 | 0.93 | 0.97 | -0.04 | 19.50 | 13.70 | 5.80 | ||
Devin Harris | 12 | 16 | 0.75 | 1.32 | -0.57 | 24.50 | 27.63 | -3.13 | ||
DeMarre Carroll | 11 | 11 | 1.00 | 0.96 | 0.04 | 20.00 | 16.35 | 3.65 | ||
Josh Howard | 10 | 13 | 0.77 | 1.03 | -0.26 | 20.00 | 23.05 | -3.05 | ||
Enes Kanter | 10 | 12 | 0.83 | 1.29 | -0.45 | 13.00 | 13.24 | -0.24 | ||
Blake Ahearn | 5 | 3 | 1.67 | 0.71 | 0.95 | 3.50 | 7.50 | -4.00 | ||
Jeremy Evans | 2 | 1 | 2.00 | 1.48 | 0.52 | 3.50 | 7.48 | -3.98 |