Golden seems to have stumbled on a formula that means points even if you aren’t great offensively. We saw it in part last year. More possessions + faster pace = more shots, and more shots + good offensive rebounding = more putbacks. If you have improved defense/defensive rebounding, then that means even more possessions with faster pace, leading to more shots, rebounds, and putbacks. Very similar to Nate Oats, but without the premium on threes. Still have to be good in the halfcourt, especially situationally and down the stretch, but you don’t have to be a great shooting team or have an elite offensive scheme to put up points. In the portal era, that’s a winning strategy.
