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| Bill Russell and the 1960's Boston Celtics dominated defensively |
Searching through the database of pro-basketball teams you find that shooting correlates very well with winning. While it's great for a coach to run out five good scorers there have been a handful of NBA teams who won big despite piling up bricks.
We looked for the worst shooting teams who also won 60% of their games in a season. Here they are sorted by lowest True Shooting+ (points/100 true shot attempts, adjusted for league average) along with their winning percentage and shooting from the floor alone (EFG% +).
It's not too shocking that Bill Russell's Celtics teams dominate the list.
| EFFECTIVE | ||||
| WINNING PCT. | TRUE SHOOTING+ | FIELD GOAL% + | ||
| 1968 | Minnesota Muskies* | 64% | 93 | 95 |
| 1964 | Boston Celtics | 74% | 95 | 95 |
| 1961 | Boston Celtics | 72% | 96 | 96 |
| 2000 | Philadelphia 76ers | 60% | 96 | 96 |
| 1947 | St. Louis Bombers+ | 62% | 96 | 98 |
| 1999 | Atlanta Hawks | 62% | 96 | 93 |
| 2013 | Memphis Grizzlies | 68% | 96 | 95 |
| 1963 | Boston Celtics | 73% | 96 | 97 |
| 2007 | Cleveland Cavaliers | 61% | 96 | 98 |
| EFFECTIVE | ||||
| WINNING PCT. | TRUE SHOOTING+ | FIELD GOAL% + | ||
| 1965 | Boston Celtics | 78% | 97 | 97 |
| 1966 | Boston Celtics | 68% | 97 | 96 |
| 1955 | Syracuse Nationals | 60% | 97 | 97 |
| 1979 | Seattle SuperSonics | 63% | 97 | 96 |
| 1976 | Cleveland Cavaliers | 60% | 97 | 99 |
| 1999 | Orlando Magic | 66% | 97 | 98 |
| 1960 | Philadelphia Warriors | 65% | 97 | 100 |
| 2013 | Indiana Pacers | 61% | 97 | 96 |
| 1972 | Golden State Warriors | 62% | 97 | 97 |
| + BAA | ||||
| * ABA |
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