Recent NBA Champions and 3P+

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Recent NBA Champions and 3P+

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Post #1 » by homecourtloss » Tue Jul 9, 2024 10:17 pm

A quick way to look at things without getting into more granular shot quality, who’s shooting, etc., is to calculate a quick 3P+ which is simply 100*(three-pointers made per 100 possessions/league average three-pointers made per 100 possessions) where a 3P+ of 100 is league average. Only three teams title teams since 2010 have been below 100 and only six below 108.

After the 2015-2017 period, we have seen NBA champions not separate themselves in 3P+ until the Celtics this year posted a near 130 3P+ in a league in which most teams are hunting threes every chance they get.

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Every single champion since 2010 has been top 6 in either three point attempt rate or percentage except for the 2012 Heat and 2020 Lakers, two teams that are close to being technical outliers.

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lessthanjake wrote:Kyrie was extremely impactful without LeBron, and basically had zero impact whatsoever if LeBron was on the court.

lessthanjake wrote: By playing in a way that prevents Kyrie from getting much impact, LeBron ensures that controlling for Kyrie has limited effect…

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homecourtloss: RealGM; Posts: 11,341; And1: 18,743; Joined: Dec 29, 2012; Post #2 » by homecourtloss » Tue Jul 9, 2024 11:08 pm

Re: Recent NBA Champions and 3P+

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Post #2 » by homecourtloss » Tue Jul 9, 2024 11:08 pm

Every Champion and Finalist from 2011 to 2024

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lessthanjake wrote:Kyrie was extremely impactful without LeBron, and basically had zero impact whatsoever if LeBron was on the court.

lessthanjake wrote: By playing in a way that prevents Kyrie from getting much impact, LeBron ensures that controlling for Kyrie has limited effect…

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