The Moonball Blog

The Moonball Blog
Shining Light on the Three

How bout Phoenix leading the League is scoring, and yet finishing last in Free Throws Made? Never been done before. Defies basketball logic. Free throws are the salt that carries good teams the nights that the rim has a lid on it. Phoenix says fuck free throws.

Welcome to Threeville. Mighta taken the fewest free throws, but Phoenix made the most threes. Ever. The Suns have done what Rick Pitino and Rudy T could only imagine in their wildest bombfest dream scenarios. Sure Nashy and Diaw gets all the cats good looks, but four guys hitting at 40%. Whatt da frig!

I have a anti-three bias. Teams that chuck threes often play a chunky style
of ball. Sure a 3 gives you an extra point, but the uxilary damage sucks: long rebounds lead to fast breaks and imbalanced full court defense, cold shooting nights are made longer by outside shots, and most importantly you do not draw fouls on your opponent.

But now the NBA's best, most efficient offense relies on the three and forgoes the charity stripe (unless of course the arfe kicking Kobe's ass in game 1). And they are dope. Maybe I need to examine my bias.