ESPN Search

It wasn't the rebounding or the poor shooting. It wasn't the points in the paint, and it wasn't the foul trouble. No, the New York Knicks' Game 1 loss to the Indiana Pacers boiled down to something that had nothing to do with statistics or matchu...

(ESPN Stats & Information's Next Level preview of Friday's Sweet 16 games) (12) Oregon vs (1) Louisville, 7:15 ET In their Round of 32 win over Colorado State, Louisville scored 42 points in the paint. In the 2013 NCAA tournament, Louisvill...

While the Knicks are in the midst of a 3-1 stretch, they've been torched by the opposing starting point guard in each of those four games. The Knicks allowed an abysmal average of 44.5 points in the paint per game, and are giving up 0.854 points p...

While the Knicks matched the Grizzlies in points in the paint (42) Friday night, they only caught up in the fourth quarter when they were down 20 points. It was Memphis' muscle in the third quarter that was the difference in the game, specifically...

Team with points-in-the-paint advantage has won first two games of Finals.

Berry Tramel of The Oklahoman: Here's how good the Thunder defense was: at halftime, the Thunder led 54-41, and the Spurs had four points in the paint. They finished with 24, but most of them in garbage time, after OKC had exploded to a 27-point lead...

Here are five quick hits at the half of the Knicks-Clippers game: 1. Solid interior defense. The Clippers only scored four points in the paint in the first quarter (in comparison, the Knicks had 10). While power forward Blake Griffin had six point...

Monmouth (NJ) 82, Fairleigh Dickinson 68

Tulane 75, Houston 54

DALLAS - The Mavericks rank fourth among NBA teams in scoring defense, third in defensive efficiency and have allowed the fewest points in the paint. They've improved significantly in all of those statistical categories since last season, when Tys...

Keith Wright scored 18 points and grabbed 15 rebounds to lead Harvard over Monmouth (N.J.) 70-61 on Tuesday night.

Tayler Hill scored 21 points and Samantha Prahalis had 20 to help No. 13 Ohio State beat Canisius 84-41 Saturday.

It's no secret that if the Knicks want to contend, they need to upgrade the middle man in their front line. Last season, the Knicks ranked 20th in rebounding and allowed an average of 45.4 points in the paint, the fifth-highest total in the league...

Tayler Hill scored 18 points, hitting three 3-pointers, and Ohio State (No. 19 ESPN/USA Today, No. 18 AP) beat Howard 73-50 on Tuesday night.

CHICAGO -- Out of all the stats that will enrage Tom Thibodeau as he stews over the Game 2 box score into the wee hours of Thursday morning, one combination of numbers will probably irk him more than most. Points in the paint: Miami 50, Chicago 34...

By John Carroll The Oklahoma City Thunder defeated the Memphis Grizzlies in Game 2 of their Western Conference semifinal series 111-102. The Thunder played great interior defense limiting Memphis to only 34 points in the paint. The Grizzlies had d...

Blog | May 05, 2011