{"id":518341,"date":"2022-11-30T07:05:06","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T04:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nets-kevin-durant-knows-answer-for-his-3-point-shooting-struggles\/"},"modified":"2022-11-30T07:05:06","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T04:05:06","slug":"nets-kevin-durant-knows-answer-for-his-3-point-shooting-struggles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nets-kevin-durant-knows-answer-for-his-3-point-shooting-struggles\/","title":{"rendered":"#Nets&#8217; Kevin Durant knows answer for his 3-point shooting struggles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a30573603ee3\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a30573603ee3\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nets-kevin-durant-knows-answer-for-his-3-point-shooting-struggles\/#%E2%80%9CNets_Kevin_Durant_knows_answer_for_his_3-point_shooting_struggles%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Nets&#8217; Kevin Durant knows answer for his 3-point shooting struggles&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CNets_Kevin_Durant_knows_answer_for_his_3-point_shooting_struggles%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Nets&#8217; Kevin Durant knows answer for his 3-point shooting struggles&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Kevin Durant, off to his most prolific season since his last scoring title in 2014, is being serenaded with MVP chants.<\/p>\n<p>The Nets star is succeeding despite an anomaly in his shooting: He has the best field-goal percentage of his career (.548), but the worst 3-point percentage (.346) since his rookie campaign.<\/p>\n<p>The answer is simple, backed up by both advanced stats and the simple eye test: He\u2019s not getting clean looks. Defenses have been bent on stopping him, and the Nets haven\u2019t done enough to free him up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m never going to get no looks from the 3 unless I\u2019m just dribbling up or try to,\u201d Durant said, before pausing and acknowledging, \u201cI\u2019m not going to get a wide-open 3. \u2026 I\u2019m not going to get a guy leaving my body to help somebody driving so I can get a swing-swing 3. It\u2019s just not going to h<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\">app<\/a>en. I\u2019d love to get more 3s up.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/20221128_NetsMagic009CS.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Nets\" class=\"wp-image-24836293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/20221128_NetsMagic009CS.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/20221128_NetsMagic009CS.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/20221128_NetsMagic009CS.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Kevin Durant shoots the ball against the Magic.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Corey Sipkin<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Catch-and-shoot looks have accounted for just 11.9 percent of Durant\u2019s shots, his least since the league started tracking such stats in 2013. For perspective, in his first season with the Nets in 2020-21, he was at 18.2 percent on such shots.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Durant\u2019s open looks (with a defender within 4-6 feet) were his lowest ever, at just 9.8 percent. By comparison, in his first Nets season, that number was 15.8 percent. And his wide-open looks (with no defender within 6 feet) are a miniscule 2.1 percent, a fraction of what he\u2019s accustomed to. His first two years with the Warriors, he was at 8.0 and 7.1, and his last season with the Thunder, he was at 7.7.<\/p>\n<p>Joe Harris showed some positive signs Monday that he may be shaking out of his funk. After shooting 3-for-24 overall in his previous four <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>s, he scored a season-high 17 points against the Magic and was on the floor in the crucial endgame moments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOverall, great. He finishes the game with that group out there. It shows the confidence that we have in him, the trust that we have in him,\u201d coach Jacque Vaughn said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven when he\u2019s not making shots, he\u2019s going to be in the right place, do the right thing, be in the right coverage majority of the time. That\u2019s important in team sports. \u2026 The shots are going to come around. I think we all believe it\u2019s going to come around. \u2026 At least I do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A career .433 shooter from 3-point range (third among active players), Harris is at just .318 heading into the Nets\u2019 game Wednesday versus the Wizards. What does he tell himself after those misses?<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/20221128_NetsMagic010CS.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Nets\" class=\"wp-image-24836337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/20221128_NetsMagic010CS.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/20221128_NetsMagic010CS.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/20221128_NetsMagic010CS.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Joe Harris<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Corey Sipkin<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cReset. You can\u2019t dwell on it,\u201d Harris said with a shrug. \u201c[My shot] feels fine. There\u2019s some that feel better than others: the ones that go in. The ones I\u2019m missing left or right, I can feel those ones as the shot goes up that it\u2019s probably off.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>David Duke Jr. (non-COVID illness) is questionable to face Washington. Ben Simmons (left knee), T.J. Warren (left foot), Yuta Watanabe (right hamstring strain) and Alondes Williams (right adductor strain) are out.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>The Nets haven\u2019t revealed the results of an MRI exam Watanabe had Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Vernon Carey Jr. (G-League), Johnny Davis (G-League), Devon Dotson (G-League), Rui Hachimura (ankle), Isaiah Todd (G-League) and Delon Wright (hamstring) are out for Washington.\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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The Nets star is succeeding despite an anomaly in his shooting: He has the best field-goal percentage of his career (.548), but the worst&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":518342,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/20221128_NetsMagic009CS.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=1024","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[136380,70487,72169,60955],"class_list":["post-518341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-11-29-22","tag-brooklyn-nets","tag-joe-harris","tag-kevin-durant"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=518341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518341\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/518342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=518341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=518341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=518341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}