NBA teams

What a team shot chart shows

A team page is the same 16-zone shot chart used on player pages, aggregated across every shot attempted by anyone on the roster this season. Each zone is labeled with the team's volume and FG% from that part of the floor, and colored by the team's combined FG% versus the league average from the same zone: green where the team shoots better than average, red where it shoots worse. The result is a fingerprint of how an offense plays, much more legible than a season pace number or shot-distribution pie chart.

What to look for

Three quick reads from any team chart. First, the paint vs. arc balance. A team that's green at the rim and behind the line but takes little from mid-range is running the modern analytics-driven offense (avoid long twos, hunt high-value shots). A team leaning on the mid-range zones is either throwback or built around a specific isolation scorer.

Second, the corner-3 zones. Modern offenses live in the two corner-3 zones. If those zones are cold (red), the personnel can't finish the clean looks the system creates.

Third, the heat distribution. A team that's green everywhere is finishing well across the floor (usually a top-5 offense). A team that's green at the rim and red from three is a drive-and-kick team without finishers. A team that's green from three and red at the rim is a perimeter-heavy unit that struggles inside.

Defense maps are next

Today these pages are offensive only, showing where this team takes its shots. The next addition is the defensive counterpart: where this team gives up shots, and how efficiently opponents convert from each spot. Paired with the offensive map, this is the clearest single-page summary of a team's style on both ends.