Duncan 7-27 from 3 in 2001?

[BestPFInTheGame21]

Was just looking through Duncans career stats...Whats up w\ that? LOL

Thats alot of attempts...even factoring in end of quarter heaves....

Anyone remember him taking more 3's in 01?

[lefty]

He made 7 3's against the Suns

Missed the other 16 attempts when not playing the Suns

[FromWayDowntown]

What's odd about the numbers is that Duncan didn't try a three pointer in any of the first 21 games that season, then took 15 over the next 20 games, and then shot a total of 12 over the last 41 games. But in the second half, of his 12 attempts, 6 of them came over a 7 game span in mid-to-late March.

He actually had 5 different games in which he tried 2 3PTFG -- and in every case, he missed both of his attempts:

12/22 v. GST (0-2) -- W
12/26/00 v. HOU (0-2) -- W
1/12/00 at DET (0-2) -- W
1/17/00 v. TOR (0-2) -- L
3/17/00 at HOU (0-2) -- L

Duncan has had 11 regular season games over his entire career in which he attempted 2 3ptFG, but in every other instance, he only had one such game in a season. That is, he had 5 games in 00-01 with more than 1 3ptFGA, but only 1 such game (at most) in any other season.

[DAF86]

I remember him and Garnett making threes in the early 2000's

[cd98]

Pop was trying to get him to add a three pointer to his game to copycat Garnett. Fortunately they realized quickly that 7 footers with Duncan's inside game should not be spending any time at the three point line. Thus les in 2003 and 2005.

[z0sa]

Pop was trying to get him to add a three pointer to his game to copycat Garnett. Fortunately they realized quickly that 7 footers with Duncan's inside game should not be spending any time at the three point line. Thus les in 2003 and 2005.

I think Pop and the rest of the NBA knew that circa 1997. By 1999 for sure.