Round 25 of the Turkish Airlines EuroLeague saw several teams earn narrow victories as the high-level of competitiveness across the league this season has yet to taper off in the slightest. At this point, the parity of the league is perhaps most apparent on the defensive end.
The average Synergy Shot Quality allowed across the competition only varies by a fraction of a point per game. SSQ takes a data-driven, league-specific approach to estimating the value of each attempt using the vast of amount of data Synergy has collected on every shot taking in the EuroLeague over the last decade. With the league's best and worst teams in estimated points-per-shot allowed falling between 1.00 and 1.06 points per attempt, it has been difficult for teams to separate themselves on the shots they are allowing alone.
As a result, the details on the defensive end this season are more important than usual. How many turnovers a team forces or how often they send their opponents to the line go farther than they normally do. The table below lists those details while sorting every team by stop percentage, or the percentage of a team's total defensive possessions where they do not allow the opposition to score any points.
