{"id":360501,"date":"2021-10-31T11:44:36","date_gmt":"2021-10-31T08:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/knicks-continuing-their-new-found-3-point-prowess\/"},"modified":"2021-10-31T11:44:36","modified_gmt":"2021-10-31T08:44:36","slug":"knicks-continuing-their-new-found-3-point-prowess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/knicks-continuing-their-new-found-3-point-prowess\/","title":{"rendered":"#Knicks continuing their new-found 3-point prowess"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Knicks continuing their new-found 3-point prowess<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>The Knicks\u2019 transformation into a lethal juggernaut from 3-point range continued Saturday night in New Orleans.<\/p>\n<p>RJ Barrett, Evan Fournier and Kemba Walker combined for 15 of the Knicks\u2019 19 connections from beyond the arc, and they shot 57.6 percent as a team from long distance to hold off the undermanned Pelicans in a 123-117 win at Smoothie King Center.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want to take reckless [shots] and race it up \u2026 just to jack up 3s. That\u2019s not what we\u2019re trying to do,\u201d head coach Tom Thibodeau said. \u201cI think it\u2019s taking the right shots and being disciplined about it and doing it together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe thing I love about our team is a lot of times we have like three or four drive-and-kicks on the same play. And that\u2019s when you\u2019re playing for each other and that\u2019s when you\u2019re really a team. Those are the hardest things to guard because you really can\u2019t <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">script<\/a> those. Those are just reads, so [if] we play like that, we\u2019re going to score a lot of points.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"803\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/Evan-Fournier-3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Evan Fournier hit five 3-pointers in the Knicks' 123-117 win over the Pelicans.\" class=\"wp-image-19981656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/Evan-Fournier-3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/Evan-Fournier-3.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Evan Fournier hit five 3-pointers in the Knicks\u2019 123-117 win over the Pelicans.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">NBAE via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Knicks (5-1) came into the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> first in the NBA with 16.2 made 3-pointers per game, including a franchise-record 24 in a win Oct. 22 at Orlando. They made 11.8 3-pointers per game last year, 21st in the league.<\/p>\n<p>They also finished third in the league in shooting percentage (39.2) from long range \u2014 behind the Clippers and the Nets \u2014 but their 30.0 attempts per game ranked 27th in the league.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>With the offseason additions of Walker and Fournier, Thibodeau emphasized an increase in 3-point attempts this season. The im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>te result is the Knicks now are averaging 117 points per game, a full 10-point rise from last year\u2019s 26th-place finish in scoring.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a goal, right, but I want us to take the right ones,\u201d Thibodeau said. \u201cAnd so if we\u2019re 19 for 33, that\u2019s a heck of a percentage. Just take the right one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes if you get fixated on the number and you just start chucking them recklessly, where that hurts you is in your defensive transition. So we have to know when everyone\u2019s shooting them and we have to make sure that we can have the right floor balance and you have a chance to offensive rebound. All that, that\u2019s what winning basketball is about. Shot selection is a big part of winning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the first three minutes of the game, four different Knicks \u2014 Walker, Fournier, Barrett and Randle \u2014 drained 3-pointers for a quick 14-3 lead.<\/p>\n<p>Walker sank four of seven attempts from beyond the arc and is hitting on 57.9 percent (22-for-38) of his 3-point attempts for the season. Fournier converted five more Saturday night for a team-best 23 through six games.<\/p>\n<p>And Barrett, who had a career-high 35 points, went 6-for-8 from deep and buried two clutch 3-pointers in the final two minutes after the Pelicans \u2014 playing without injured stars Zion Williamson and Brandon Ingram \u2014 twice had cut the Knicks\u2019 lead to two.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we\u2019re just playing with good flow and going with what\u2019s in front of us,\u201d Fournier said. \u201cI think that\u2019s what happens when you share the ball, when you have guys that are willing to pass the ball to each other and are happy to do it. It\u2019s been a really good start to the season honestly. And we just have to keep getting better.\u201d\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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