Last season's 30 NBA teams averaged 12.7 three-pointers per game. The highest Jazz threw 16.7 per game and the lowest Spurs had 9.9, and they were the only team in the league that couldn't throw double-digit three-pointers per game.
The Jazz league with the most shots is the first, and the least Spurs are not mentioned.
That's what the league is like today.
In the regular season, the winner of the three points wins the world.
But in the playoffs, things are a little different. The Jazz's hits soared to 18.0 or no. 1, but the semifinals fell to the Clippers.
The Bucks and Suns, who reached the Finals, made three-pointers 10th and 11th among the sixteen playoff teams, all of which were mid-level and lower-level.
But they each have a means of scoring to top the list,
The Bucks are far ahead with 112 dunks throughout the playoffs, well, because they have the "monster under the basket" alphabet brother of this era.
The Suns are the team with the most points in the playoffs, the two big bosses Paul and Booker are also the most scored individuals in the middle, and the third is the Bucks' second-in-command Middleton.
By the playoffs, the defensive intensity increased and the pertinence increased. Three-pointers and basket points are not so easy.
The middle distance is the scoring area that the opponent is willing to give you, depending on whether you have the ability to take it.
But at least in the regular season, whether there are good three-pointers or not determines not only what a team can end up playing, but also whether you can play easily.
Today's league's requirements for three-pointers have been placed at the core of the strategy, and almost everyone needs a three-pointer. So even if Ben Simmons is not bad in terms of basic and high-level statistics, and the diversity of defense is the lifeblood of the 76ers, he will still be disliked like a lost dog.
Of course, the teams that the league has shot well have their own good methods.
The Jazz who have scored the most shots have the "defensive devil" Gobert on the inside line, and the outside line is equipped with four outside lines that are ready for passing and throwing. Coupled with coach Snyder's years of polishing, this Jazz team has become the most magic team in the league after the Rockets in previous years.
The Clippers (41.1 percent), who shot the most accurately, almost gave up the center of the interior line, insisted on the "five-outside playing style", and were full of firepower. Even in the absence of Leonard in the Western Conference semifinals, the Jazz who shot the most shots was to bully The Talltago bell could not defend himself.
The Warriors relied on his passing system that ran rampant in the league that year, the core of which was Curry's unique superb shooting skills and "Curry has gravity", and he almost managed more than one-third of the team's three-pointers (5.3/14.6) last season, and the average number of shots per game even tasted his all-vote MVP season.
Of course, the vast majority of teams are still using the core individual ability in the team to tear apart the opposite defense and open up space for the team's shooters to obtain vacancies.
LeBron's Cavaliers and Harden's Rockets a few years ago were their templates.
So now the most popular in the regular season is doncic, Jokic, Alphabet Brother, Harden, who can not only kill and score on their own, but also open up space for teammates and pass the ball to their hands.
The younger generation of Zion, Mitchell, Trae Young, and Morant are also on this path.
Superstars rely on their personal ability to sabotage each other's defenses, attract pinch shots to create vacancies for teammates on the outside, and easily shoot three points.
Conversely, the more accurate the three-point shooters are, the more they can limit the defense's grip on the team's superstars and reduce their offensive burden.
So the new season, those three-point arsenals of teams that are vying for the championship, are you ready?
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" >, Milwaukee Bucks</h1>
The Bucks' most accurate is undoubtedly the second-in-command Middleton, who shot the league's first 60 three-pointers in the playoffs last season, shooting 34.3%, which does not seem to be a high shooting rate, but it should be noted that more than half of his 175 shots are defensive players within 2 meters of the strong shot, that is, The Continued Shot.
The biggest improvement of the Bucks in the offensive end of the playoffs is that they are no longer completely used by the alphabet brother as the starting point of the ball as in previous seasons, and they rush into the defensive traps that the opponent has already set in the inside line. Instead, it's more about handing the ball over to holliday, and Middleton to initiate.
In fact, by the end of the playoffs, Middleton was already the team's chief attacker of positional attack.
The Bucks lost last season's good outside forTes (2.2 three-pointers per game, 45.2 percent shooting), but brought in the Grizzlies' tough 3D Grayson Allen and veteran shooter Rodney Hood (1.4 career three-pointers per game).
In fact, as long as there is a super engine of the alphabet brother, coupled with head coach Budenholzer's "one-star four-shot" system, the Bucks' three points will not be too bad.
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > two, Brooklyn Nets</h1>
But to say three-pointers, the Nets really aren't aimed at anyone.
Boss Cai threw a thousand dollars and almost networked the top group of three-pointers in the league.
Even if Irving, who snatched seven in the 2016 Finals and sealed his throat in front of Curry, the Nets' outside configuration is also amazing.
Kevin Durant is the most unsolvable and efficient outside attacker in NBA history. Last year's Eastern Conference semifinals proved that even after a major Achilles tendon injury, his strong throws were still one of the league's most undefended moves.
Joe Harris, who shot the league's no. 1 47.5 percent from the field last season, averaged 3.1 three-pointers per game. He's probably the league's best pitcher today before Tang Shen returns. The only problem is that the playoffs are slightly out of place, but as long as he's on the floor, the defense has to have someone to stay close to him and open up absolute space for the offense of the other giants.
Of course, the most important thing may be James Harden, who is probably the most successful ball-holding core outside of James. Even aside from his own move of "retreating three points", his ability to drive his outside teammates is unique in the league. As long as Harden is on the floor, it can almost guarantee that shooters outside the three-point line have a steady stream of empty opportunities.
Even more excessive is the Nets' three interior players Ade, Millsap and Griffin, all of which can guarantee an average of more than 1 three-pointer per game and a 35% shooting rate.
Unlimited firepower, extreme space, and all the people are soldiers, which is the real scary place of this Nets today.
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > iii, Sir Utah</h1>
In the 2018 and 19 playoffs for two consecutive years, the Jazz were hammered by Harden's rockets. Harden playing Gobert and Gordon playing Mitchell really has a sense of "Lao Tzu beats his son".
At that time, the Jazz, which can be called the last old-school team in the league, had a solid defense and excellent execution, and the two major interior starts of Gobert + Favors ran counter to the trend of the league to ask for space and shoot three points.
Until he was subdued by Harden.
So after the introduction of Conley and Bojan in the 2019 offseason, they changed sides.
Withdrew Favors, replaced by Arnell, who relied on defense and three-pointers, to keep up with the trend and play a big four small, and is a resolute three-pointer, guard the penalty area, put the middle distance, the standard "magic ball play".
Last season they hit first place in the league, behind the league's first three-point shot, and the limit opponent's three-point shot was also the first (averaging 10.9 per game).
It seems that they are sitting on the best defensive center Gobert, but in fact, the key is the three-point shot. Not only do you shoot the best, but you also let your opponents shoot the least.
The only dead end is probably that the Jazz will be uncomfortable facing a purely outside team. As soon as Gobert left the box, the defensive effect dropped exponentially. The Western Conference semifinals met the Clippers, and even if Leonard retired from injury two games, even Mann could bully Gobert.
In addition to Ornell and Conley, Mitchell, Ingles, Bojan and Clarkson are not good defenders. So their signings in the offseason are very targeted.
Rudy Guy has been swinging in the third and fourth positions at the Spurs for years.
Pascal is also a backup center in the Warriors' small-ball lineup,
Whiteside, the former cap king, was Gobert's natural replacement,
Doing his best and knowing his destiny, Sir jazz could not do it any better.
Although it is difficult to say how far the playoffs can go, their mature "magic ball system" can still be broken in the regular season.
<H1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > iv, Los Angeles Clippers</h1>
Last season's Clippers won enough respect.
Not only because they eliminated the Jazz without Leonard, but also because their "five-point play" pushed the impact of three-pointers on the game to the extreme.
They are sixth in the league with 14.3 three-pointers per game, but their three-point shooting rate of 41.1% dominates the league.
Leonard, George, Reggie, Morris, Batum, Mann, they have the league's top forward reserves and almost all of them have more than 40 percent of a three-pointer per hand.
Later, in the case of Leonard and Ibaka's injury, they relied on this "extreme five- outside" team to kill the Jazz, who was the first in the regular season, and the three-time best defensive player Gobert.
Many people will wonder why they sent away the team's spiritual totem Beverly and the "master of the organization" Rajo Rondo in exchange for Bledsoe, who left the Bucks.
Without him, it is because the current Clippers pursue that everyone can accurately fire cannons on the outside, everyone can stab more, and everyone can create a vacancy for teammates.
Long coached the 36-year-old to break through the early non-strengths, and the three-point shot was a short board except for the playoffs in the bubble. More importantly, in a system where everyone is the starting point, Rondo's organizational attributes are less important.
Although Beverley is still murderous, his defensive effect has dropped too much from the peak, and the offensive end is only a fixed-point three-pointer that is not accurate, which is no longer suitable for today's Clippers.
With the high probability of missing Leonard this year, how far the Clippers can go in the new season depends on how accurate their three-point shots are.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > V. Golden State Warriors</h1>
For quite some time, Curry, the Warriors and the three-pointer were equal to each other. After the 2019 Finals, Thompson retired from injury and Durant left, and many people thought that the Warriors were finished.
But after a dormant 19-20 season, Curry took the lead in returning last year. Averaging 31.6 points and 5.5 rebounds per game set a career high, and 5.3 three-pointers was higher than the 2015-16 unanimous MVP season, not to mention his NBA record of three-point shooting in a single month and a season-high single-game 62 points.
The 33-year-old Curry is even better than he was in his two MVP seasons, even if he doesn't have Tang Shen, Iago and Livingston around him, and Green is 31 years old.
But last season, we saw a fully bodied Curry, but not a full-fledged Warrior.
First, Tang Shen has not yet returned, and Curry still lacks his most perfect partner.
Second, last year, the Warriors spent too much time on Wiseman, which not only put too much pressure on the young man who had only played three games, but also made Curry and the Warriors team confused.
This year's Warriors no longer insist on the cultivation of new people, Wiseman honestly recuperated, this year's two lottery shows Cuminga played only 15 minutes in the preseason, and Moses Moody only made the late bench rotation in the fourth quarter to catch a chance.
Today, the Warriors are still reusing players who have thoroughly understood the system, understand the tactics, and can make a positive contribution on the court.
That is, they want to win in the moment.
Otto Porter, the league's first "billion dollar 3D," was once the Wizards' three-time boss after Bill Wall, averaging 48.7 percent from 2.6 three-point range at his peak.
Belitsa, once the "King of Europe", also hit 38.7% of his three-point shooting after coming to the NBA, and the style of play he built in the FIBA world is also seamless with the Warriors.
Of course, the biggest gain is Jordan Poole, who has been scolded by Warriors fans for nearly three years as a "parallel cargo" since the last season, and averaged 21.8 points and 3.4 three-pointers per game in the preseason, and he was the best wingman around Curry before The comeback of Tang Shen.
Finally, there was the fiery Curry, the final game of the preseason against the Blazers, who scored 41 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists on 13-of-23 shooting, leading the Warriors to a clarion call for regular season impact with five wins.
Maybe the Warriors aren't the craziest three-point team anymore, but as long as Curry is there, their offense will always be so different.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" >6, Los Angeles Lakers</h1>
Speaking of the NBA's five most representative three-point teams today, let's talk about a negative model - the Los Angeles Lakers.
Since LeBron came to the Lakers, three-point shooting seems to have become the team's most high-profile tactical problem.
In the 18-19 season, Ingram and The Ball Brother's long-range shots were almost counted down for a whole year.
In the 19-20 season, even if they finally won the championship, Green and Pope were sprayed as "Crouching Dragon Phoenix Chicks".
Last season, the Lakers' three-pointers didn't seem to be good except for a while at the beginning of the season.
They shot 25th (11.1) and 21st (35.4%) in the league, and even more humiliating is that Pope, the team's highest shooting percentage (41.0%), can't even keep up with the Clippers' team-wide average shooting percentage (41.1%).
But what is puzzling is that in addition to the fact that the ball brother did correct the shooting action after leaving the Lakers, the shooting technique has been greatly improved. The rest of the outside players who left the Lakers are still in demand elsewhere, and their performances have even risen steadily.
Green was poached by the 76ers at a high price, and the 33-year-old can still sign a ten-million contract in the offseason.
As soon as Ingram arrived at the Pelicans, he became an All-Star.
It was Caruso who left the Lakers and played more dazzling data in the Bulls, shooting 40% from 9.3 points and 5.8 assists in preseason.
In fact, the real reason is that LeBron's state is declining year by year.
In addition to the unreliable projection of the first year of the ball brother and Ingram, the lakers' outside play in the past two seasons has actually complemented LeBron.
The reason why James is strong is that he can directly kill opponents through his personal ability, and he can also find empty teammates to provide a large number of empty shooting opportunities.
So around him, there are three-point shooters such as J.R. Smith, Mike Miller, Battier, Frye, Green, And Pope, and these people have also received more salaries and glory in the NBA because of LeBron.
But these years. With the decline of physical condition, James is more and more reluctant to kill into the inside line to cause damage, destroy the opponent's defense line to attract pinch shots, and create an empty three-point job for teammates.
So in the 2019-20 playoffs, when he decided to take over, the Lakers played a lot better on the outside.
Therefore, at the beginning of the 2020-21 regular season, their regular season was once a breakthrough, which was also due to the fact that zhan mei's collective state was bursting at that time, and the outside shooters were very relaxed in both their psychological state and the opportunities they got.
Therefore, at the end of last season, once James was in poor shape, he could only be a high commander on the outside line, and when he handed over the assault task to Schroeder, the Lakers' outside play was immediately unbearable.
LeBron played → to change the opponent's defense→ compressing the defense line to give shooters a lot of opportunities→ the outside hit three-point shot forced the opponent's defense line not to shrink→ can give James more offensive space
This is the winning code that LeBron has been rampant for more than a decade. And now the first link of this code has gone wrong, or leBron used to be able to do things that were easy, and now it is more and more difficult to do.
This is also why last season the Lakers used Green + the first round of signing to exchange for Schroeder, and this year they used Kuzma + Pop + Harrell's half set of championship rotation team to exchange for Wei Shao.
So it's not that the Lakers' outside line in the first two years wasn't good enough, but leBron is no longer the top of his body, mind, and technology in 2013-18.
Therefore, although the Lakers have introduced famous shooters such as Anthony, Ariza and Ellington this season, the three-point data of Bazemore and Munch is also eye-catching enough, and even sacrificed their excellent defense at the beginning of the team, and they also have to introduce so many shooters.
These people were not so much for LeBron as for Thick Brow and Young Master Wei.
Because in the system with LeBron as the core, the root of the three-point projection problem is not the color of the shooters, but the state of LeBron.
Even if he is five years younger, even with Green, Pope, Kuzma and Caruso, he can blow up most of the league's teams.
And now, if he doesn't take the all-out attitude, even if he is surrounded by Tang Shen, Duncan Robinson and Joe Harris, he can't play the grand scene of "one star and four stars" that once peaked.
The years are the most merciless, and we should all be mentally prepared.