Which NBA Arena has the lowest FG%?

[egptnwarrior22]

In baseball you have hitters parks and pitchers parks. I'm sure there are arenas that are harder to shoot in than others whether its crowd noise or any other factor...I tried to google it but couldn't find an answer...anyone know?

[Minimal]

Lol stupid question... The best defensive team of all time has the lowest FG% arena...

[torocan]

In baseball you have hitters parks and pitchers parks. I'm sure there are arenas that are harder to shoot in than others whether its crowd noise or any other factor...I tried to google it but couldn't find an answer...anyone know?

If you are going by crowd noise, right now is has to be OKC.

Jam packed every game whether it's Miami or the Wizards, win or lose and it's crazy loud. They cheer for 48 solid minutes... actually more than that as they start the cheering during pre-game, and they literally don't stop until the game is over.

If you're going by win record, it's San Antonio -- at least over the last decade. Any team that goes into San Antonio, regardless of the lineup is going to have a tough game. They always play hard for 48 minutes, from tip to buzzer. Even their bench will **** you up. Oh, and they have the best coach in the NBA too...

[egptnwarrior22]

If you are going by crowd noise, right now is has to be OKC.

Jam packed every game whether it's Miami or the Wizards, win or lose and it's crazy loud. They cheer for 48 solid minutes... actually more than that as they start the cheering during pre-game, and they literally don't stop until the game is over.

If you're going by win record, it's San Antonio -- at least over the last decade. Any team that goes into San Antonio, regardless of the lineup is going to have a tough game. They always play hard for 48 minutes, from tip to buzzer. Even their bench will **** you up. Oh, and they have the best coach in the NBA too...

These are good guesses...but I was wondering if there was a stat that showed if one arena had an affect on shooting % versus the others...i know it's a tough stat to gauge because some arenas have been around longer than others (the lakers for instance have won 5 championships since moving to the stapler, while the Knicks have been at MSG for donkeys years and have only 2). So strictly FG% is what I was wondering.

[knicks=love]

good question. i like threads like these. takes everyone away from the trolling ******** in my team vs your team threads.

[Im_in_Mia_bish]

okc and portland are LOUD.

[bholly]

I'd love an answer to this, too. You sometimes hear players (particularly three point shooters) complaining about the sight lines in certain places - I wonder if it's a matter of getting used to them, or whether at some places it's just genuinely bad.

Lol stupid question... The best defensive team of all time has the lowest FG% arena...

What about the worst offensive team?

If you actually take a minute you'll realize it's not a stupid question, and now matter how hard you try, stupid responses won't change that.

[bholly]

I'd love to know if there were any meaningfull differences in FT%s between arenas, too.

[tredigs]

I'd love to know if there were any meaningfull differences in FT%s between arenas, too.

This is the only way I can see to correctly answer this question. But not by overall FT% in the arena (that would be swayed by how many FT's certain very good or very bad foul shooters got there). You'd have to see if in general a majority of players FT%'s drop when they're at, say, Rose Garden Arena in Portland.

My guess would be there's very little difference.

[Cal827]

Whatever Arena that Joey Crawford is in the most.

[Sactown]

The 1st Arco Arena; Larry Bird admits it's the only arena to ever affect him while shooting free throws and said it in a very complimentary way, while Reynolds commented "The place was special, and we had a true home-court advantage"

[Zefflin]

To be fair Lakers fans are the worst, I mean that literally. The ones inside the building.

[Bruno87]

great question. I'd love to see the arena-arena breakdown on all stats.

[LakersA's49ers]

^^^ agreed. lakers fans go to staples to be seen, not heard. and also arco was unreal!

[Sactown]

^^^ agreed. lakers fans go to staples to be seen, not heard. and also arco was unreal!

Yeah the original one was, because of the small size and the way to was built the sound actually felt like it was coming down on you and affected players.