Mavs 113, Clippers 103

[Jommybone]

Give me four more games to add to that sample size, so it is 8 total. A four game sample size can easily be an outlier...eight games is a lot less likely.

Shots, games, seasons? What should be the unit for determining sample size?  I dunno. But you’re certainly right that the Clips have shot the 3 better than other teams this year. All of them. Except for some reason against the Mavs. Against the Mavs, they have been dismal in 3 of 4 outings. 

Which made me curious. How have other elite 3-point teams fared against our boys in blue? There might be some fat-finger errors in here, because I’m looking at the numbers game by game. But here is the story that my reading of the stats tells:

Mavs D vs. the #1 3-ball team in the league: LA Clippers (who averaged 40.9% on the year)
Game details in previous post
27.7% (-13.2% from average)

vs. #2 New York Knicks (39.2%)
4/2: 12/32 (31.6%)
4/16: 14/28 (50%)
Total 26/60 (43.3%) (+4.1% over average)

vs. #3 Brooklyn Nets (39.0%)
2/27: 14/44 (31.8%)
5/6: 13/37 (35.1%)
Total 27/81 (33.3%) (-5.7% from average)

vs. #4 Utah Jazz (38.9%)
1/27: 16/41 (39.0%)
1/29: 20/48 (41.7%)
4/5: 12/44 (27.3%)
Total 48/133 (36.1%) (-2.8% from average)

vs. #5 Portland Trailblazers (38.6%)
2/14: 18/40 (45%)
3/19: 22/47 (46.8%)
3/21: 9/41 (22.0%)
Total 49/128 (38.3% (-0.3% from average)

vs. #6 Milwaukee Bucks (38.6%)
1/15: 14/37 (37.8%)
4/8: 12/33 (36.4%)
Total 26/70 (37.1%) (-0.7% from average)

This Mavs team is kinda hard to shoot 3s on, no?