Recent NBA Champions and 3P+
Posted: 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.
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.
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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