Question: Who is shooting 3s for a higher % than the Spurs?

[smrattler]

I blame our lack of shotblocking on the inside. We have Timmy, but otherwise nothing.

So, our perimeter players are having to play passing lanes more and collapse down, it opens up shots for the opponent.

[SequSpur]

Roll tide.

[Pero]

Good point, Bruno. Hopefully, the Spurs are running teams off the line more than they did last year. It did hurt the Spurs quite a bit versus the Suns in the playoffs last season. The Suns outshot the Spurs from the arc in all 4 games and it was a deciding factor in at least 2 of the games.

2009-10 Playoffs versus Suns
TEAM 3-PTA 3-PTM PCT.
Spurs 23.......65.... .359
Suns 41.......89.... .461

Damn must've been a weirder series than I remember. Teams making more shots than they were even attempting.

[TVI]

This is somewhat uncharted waters for the Spurs defensively. It's a weakness that needs to be tightened-up as the season moves along.

I agree that it needs to get better, but I'm not sure it's not as bad as it seems.

The Spurs have taken nearly 200 more 3-point shots than their opponents this year, which means they either have a whole lot more confidence shooting them, or that their floor spacing is much better, or that they're doing a better job then their opponents of chasing shooters away from taking three point shots.

[Solid D]

Damn must've been a weirder series than I remember. Teams making more shots than they were even attempting.

Good catch. Oh, well. At least you can tell I did my own calculations and didn't cut & paste.

[itzsoweezee]

Opposing 3pt fg % is not as significant of a stat as you're implying. A much more important stat is opposing 3pt fg attempts.

Only five teams in the entire league allow less 3 pt fg attempts than the Spurs.

So the takeaway is, yes, teams are shooting a good 3 pt percentage against the Spurs, but their opportunity to take those shots is so limited that it doesn't hurt the Spurs.

My guess is that opponents only get these attempts opportunistically, when something in the defense breaks down (a rare occurrence).

[Solid D]

I agree that it needs to get better, but I'm not sure it's not as bad as it seems.

The Spurs have taken nearly 200 more 3-point shots than their opponents this year, which means they either have a whole lot more confidence shooting them, or that their floor spacing is much better, or that they're doing a better job then their opponents of chasing shooters away from taking three point shots.

The NBA league average is 18.13 3-pt attempts/game. The Spurs opponents are averaging 16.28 3-pt attempts/game.

Four teams are averaging more attempts than the Spurs. New York, Orlando, Indiana and Phoenix.

http://espn.go.com/nba/statistics/te...GoalsAttempted