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Originally Posted by KC_Connection
The Celtics will be the first team to go all-in on analytics like this and get a title out of it (assuming no massive choke, which I suppose you can never assume with Tatum). They don’t even have a team of great 3PT shooters, just a bunch of decent to pretty good ones, and they’ve been coached up in this system to take as many as possible in the half court regardless of how good a shot it is in isolation. This type of basketball is effectively the culmination of the change that began originally with the Nash Suns and soon all teams will be doing the same.
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The Rockets between 2016-2018 shot the same amount as the Celtics have this year (42\game) but just ran into an all time great Warriors team. The 2021 Warriors championship team shot 39\game.