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[QUOTE="Puppy Love, post: 5307785, member: 8101"]
I am on the side that defense is what wins championships. In order to get a real look at how games are won, you need to be able to analyze how many points are scored based on turnovers and other non-scoring plays. Top level teams get a lot of their offense off of their defense.  In many basketball games, the winning team is the often the one who controls the ball for the majority of the game. At least some of that control is determined by how well the team defends.  I’m not saying that you don’t need to be able to score, because of course you need to be able to score points to win.  However, even if you can score a lot of points, you can’t give up a lot of points because you will still lose.

When a team is having an off night and having trouble scoring, a good gritty defense might get an ‘ugly’ win. One of the easiest ways to get an upper hand in a game is to consistently stop the other team from scoring and make them play defense as a result. They’re going to get worn down and not play as well.  Based on all of those things, I’m giving the edge defense with a nod to the fact that scoring often comes from it.
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