Two of the worst transition defenses just played against each other tonight.
The Golden State Warriors allow 131.2 points per 100 plays in transition situations this season — which is ranked 24th in the league and is 3.9 points worse than the league average in transition defensive rating, per Cleaning The Glass. Meanwhile, the Indiana Pacers allow 129.7 points per 100 transition plays, which is ranked 21st in the league and is 2.6 points worse than league average.
Sure enough, when they played against each other tonight, there were several instances of leak outs on the break, compromised defensive matchups born out of crossmatches in transition, and other forms of transition scoring that would make the Mike D’Antoni Phoenix Suns of old look like lumbering snails in comparison.