06-06-2021, 07:42 AM
From The Athletic. Live by the three...
The other concern for Lue and the Clippers? Shooting the ball, especially on 3-pointers. After shooting a league-best 41.1 percent from 3 during the regular season and finishing sixth by making 14.3 3s per game, both numbers have plummeted through six postseason games against the Mavericks.
The Clippers have made only 35.4 percent from 3, which ranks ninth out of 16 postseason teams and would have exactly what the 21st-ranked Lakers shot during the regular season. The Clippers have made only 12.3 3s per game in the postseason, ranking eighth out of 16 postseason teams and matching the 18th-ranked Pacers from the regular season. After featuring eight players who attempted at least 40 regular season 3s for the Clippers and made at least 40 percent of them, Leonard is the only Clipper making better than 40 percent of his 3s in the postseason; and Leonard actually missed the 40 percent mark in the regular season (39.8).
“We still haven’t shot the ball well,” Lue said after the Clippers made a series-low 10-of-34 3s (29.4 percent) in Game 6. “We are getting great looks, open looks, and we just can’t make them right now. So we are due for a great game, great shooting game.”
The other concern for Lue and the Clippers? Shooting the ball, especially on 3-pointers. After shooting a league-best 41.1 percent from 3 during the regular season and finishing sixth by making 14.3 3s per game, both numbers have plummeted through six postseason games against the Mavericks.
The Clippers have made only 35.4 percent from 3, which ranks ninth out of 16 postseason teams and would have exactly what the 21st-ranked Lakers shot during the regular season. The Clippers have made only 12.3 3s per game in the postseason, ranking eighth out of 16 postseason teams and matching the 18th-ranked Pacers from the regular season. After featuring eight players who attempted at least 40 regular season 3s for the Clippers and made at least 40 percent of them, Leonard is the only Clipper making better than 40 percent of his 3s in the postseason; and Leonard actually missed the 40 percent mark in the regular season (39.8).
“We still haven’t shot the ball well,” Lue said after the Clippers made a series-low 10-of-34 3s (29.4 percent) in Game 6. “We are getting great looks, open looks, and we just can’t make them right now. So we are due for a great game, great shooting game.”