for a moment, lakers It looked like a capable 3-point shooting team on Sunday afternoon. With his absolute barrage of 3-pointers in the 3rd quarter (actually he was 5), the Lakers dreamed of being a version of him in 2016-17 reincarnation. golden state warriors.
But it was only a mirage as the Lakers shot 1-20 in three other quarters against the Blazers. an important factor in their loss. of The Lakers have been underperforming in the first three games of the season out of range. Like historically bad.
After the game, ESPN Stats & Info shared the following stats.
The Lakers are 25-118 in three games this season.
There are over 6,100 instances in NBA history where a team has made at least 100 3-shooters in 3 games.
Their 21.2% is the second lowest, slightly higher than the 2018 Hawks (21.0%). pic.twitter.com/rYOqTRmWYB
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) October 23, 2022
Just look at the Lakers’ individual shooting percentages and you can tell how bleak it is. Technically, Matt Ryan is his shooter with 40% of his top three points, but in total he has only made five of his three points and appeared in Sunday’s game. did not do it.
Following him is a sharp drop to the team’s best shooter with decent volume in Austin Reeves.28.6%. Second best shot with a staggering %.
Kendrick Nunn, Patrick Beverley, Anthony Davis and Lonnie Walker IV average three tries per game and shoot 23.1%, 21.4%, 20% and 17.6% respectively. And Russell Westbrook in his 12 attempts he recorded an 8.3% success rate (for those bad at math, that’s his one success).
The Lakers aren’t going to this I’m not good at three-point shots this season. According to Cleaning the Grass, the Lakers’ location-effective field goal percentage (basically an approximation of what the team shoots based on their shot profile) is his 54.8%, his fourth-highest in the league. The problem is, so far the Lakers rank last in actual effective field goal percentage.
It’s unclear where they will end up ranking as they won’t be a good 3-point shooting team this season. Even the team’s average shot count is enough to be competitive most nights. However, given their start, that might be an unreasonable question.
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