Aggression+

Click here for a full explainer on Aggression+ and Variance+, a pair of metrics developed by myself and Krishna Narsu for FiveThirtyEight.

These numbers give you an idea of how aggressive a team’s defense is on a nightly basis (Aggression+), as well as how often that defense varies its level of aggression from night to night (Variance+).

The higher your …

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