Rockets are league-best 6-4 when shooting below 30% on 3s

B-but their offense is gimmicky! Its different than what Charles Barkley played with and therefore wrong!

 

that sounded like a good challenge. i wondered if the spurs had done it back in the day since they were so great at defense and poor shooters so i went and checked basketball-reference. apparently back in the day was last year, because they went 10-4 (minimum 15 3PA) if i checked it correctly. 12-7 the year before. since it happened on the 2nd year of the 1st team i checked, it didn't end up being much of a fun search for stats. it might not be that uncommon for good defensive teams. especially in earlier years when the whole league was poor at shooting 3's (might have to go lower than 30%).

 

But it is key in the modern NBA to be able to do that and still win - because against a team like GS you will need to depend on much more than 3 point shooting to beat them.

 

I'm worried about PJ and Luc missing all those open corner 3's. Having PJ in the starting lineup has been wonderful. If he can't hit those shots, D'Antoni might trade his awesome defense for somebody else's offense.

 

Yea seems like Luc is missing more shots than tucker now. Even open shots. Hopefully he starts hitting them again.

 

Good thing we still have Ryan Anderson.

If Tucker is too much of a liability on offense, the Rockets always have the option of defaulting back to their original starting PF.

 

Once Ryno gets back we will be good.

 

I have noticed this as well. Is it because teams are trying to play better perimeter defense against the Rockets and force the drive?

Seems that we're still winning games though so if we sacrificed threes for layups - not so bad.

 

Tucker is significantly better in the corner than above the break taking 3s.

For the year:
42.9% from left corner with 84 attempts
37.9% from right corner with 66 attempts
29.3% from above the break with 82 attempts

In the last 4 games:
3 of 7 for 42.9% from the left corner (ironic match)
1 of 4 for 25% from the right corner
0 for 2 for 0.0% from above the break

I wish he would just camp in the left corner at an even higher frequency. It’s clear he is great from there.

For reference sakes his splits last year:
40.5% from left corner
37.7% from right corner
23.8% from above the break

Get To That Left Corner Tucker!!!

 

Guys are just missing wide open 3s. I think is just a culmination of a long azz season and tired legs. Our players just need some days off to reset themselves.

 

just means we bout to catch fire for that championship run

 

That last paragraph is my only real concern with our squad and it’s veen one for years now. They always seem to catch a shooting slump at the same time.

 

"All Rockets do is shoot 3's."
"What are the Rockets gonna do in the playoffs when they have to slow their pace down?"
"Rockets don't play defense."

 

Looks like after the Wolves game our percentage of shot attempts that are 3's had fallen to 49.99%. It sank a little more after the Blazers game (36/79).

 

We're actually a pretty average 3-pt shooting team in terms of percentage. The main reason we have so few games at such a low percentage is the sheer volume we shoot lowers our deviation from the mean. I bet we don't have that many nights (relatively speaking) above 40%, either.

... And no, I don't say any of this to bash our team -- that volume and consequent consistency is part of what makes us so unstoppable.

 

They finished regular season 9-6 when shooting 30% or less for what it's worth. Just won a playoff game shooting 10 for 37 (3 for 25 for everyone not named Harden).