Professional DNA
Portland Trail Blazers attack through catch & shoot
27.7 % of their plays · 2025-26
27.7
%
The question
How does Portland Trail Blazers play?
The evidence
Portland Trail Blazers · miscellaneous plays: 0.510 points per play
On offense
The play-type split describes where the points come from, not how well each one is defended.
- catch & shoot1.00 points per play
27.7 % of their plays · 24th percentile
- transition1.11 points per play
17.8 % of their plays · 28th percentile
- pick & roll (ball-handler)0.83 points per play
17.1 % of their plays · 10th percentile
- one-on-one0.89 points per play
7.5 % of their plays · 28th percentile
- cuts to the basket1.26 points per play
6.7 % of their plays · 14th percentile
- putbacks1.12 points per play
5.8 % of their plays · 45th percentile
- miscellaneous plays0.51 points per play
5.3 % of their plays · 72th percentile
- rolling to the rim1.10 points per play
5.0 % of their plays · 45th percentile
- hand-offs0.90 points per play
3.5 % of their plays · 17th percentile
- coming off screens0.82 points per play
2.1 % of their plays · 0th percentile
- post-ups0.92 points per play
1.5 % of their plays · 7th percentile
On defense
What the team concedes on each play type. A high percentile is good defense: fewer points allowed per play.
- catch & shoot1.05 points per play
21.8 % of their plays · 48th percentile
- transition1.12 points per play
20.4 % of their plays · 69th percentile
- pick & roll (ball-handler)0.91 points per play
16.6 % of their plays · 14th percentile
- cuts to the basket1.26 points per play
7.5 % of their plays · 72th percentile
- miscellaneous plays0.43 points per play
6.8 % of their plays · 86th percentile
- hand-offs0.93 points per play
5.5 % of their plays · 48th percentile
- putbacks1.08 points per play
5.5 % of their plays · 79th percentile
- one-on-one0.94 points per play
5.4 % of their plays · 45th percentile
- rolling to the rim1.08 points per play
5.2 % of their plays · 69th percentile
- coming off screens0.90 points per play
2.8 % of their plays · 83th percentile
- post-ups0.94 points per play
2.5 % of their plays · 86th percentile
Limitations
FactDerivedAssumption
What this does not prove
- The play-type split describes where the points come from, not how well each one is defended.
- It portrays the 2025-26 season, already closed. It is not what comes next.
- This DNA profile does not include movement or touch data.
From here
Where it comes from
Source
2026-07-26
Model input
2026-07-26
Computation
2026-11-07
This answer
2026-11-07
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