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Unbeatable Lakers and now there is also the three-point shot, LeBron: “We are great shooters”

If there is a reason why i Lakers are even more scary laughed at last year, is the three-point shot.

Last season the team was not among the best either for the amount of attempts that for the percentage, the strength of the yellow-violet attack did not lie behind the three-point arc. At the beginning of the season the music seems varied, together with the staff at the disposal of coach Frank Vogel.

Contro i New Orleans Pelicans from former Brandon Ingram, Lonzo Ball and Josh Hart, the Los Angeles Lakers have scored 15 three-point shots (15 out of 37) e dominated the game, this season the Lakers remain among the last 10 teams for attempts per game (32.1) but they are thirds by percentage, with a fantastic 39.6% which puts them behind only Cippers and Bucks. 15 triple came against New Orleans, 3 of them alone Alex Caruso and 4 out of 6 attempts at Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, on an evening in which LeBron James and Anthony Davis finished with a total of 2 out of 8 from behind the arc, and in which they did not particularly shine.

There was no need. James he has touched the triple double in 31 minutes and with only 11 pitches, Kyle Kuzma he scored only by three points (3 out of 4) but finished with a double double, Montrezl Harrell he missed only two shots and feinted at 16 points.

All against a team this year as effective in defense as the Pelicans, one demonstration of total superiority in this early season.

We have a lot of good shooters on the team this year“, so LeBron James after a game “KCP is a great shooter, Matthews is a great shooter, Kuzma can shoot like no one sometimes, Dennis the threat (Schroder, ndr) can shoot, AD can shoot… Vogel says I’m the best shooter on the team? Well, if it comes to making a bet I can only put it on me, you know how I am and how much I put on my shot too. Today I have great confidence in my three-point shooting and free throws“.

And James has a good reason. In season LeBron is traveling with the 38.2% on a three-pointer points, out of over 6 attempts per game, the free attempts per game are identical to those of last year but the percentage is better (72%), and the minutes per game played by LeBron are over 3 less. With the presence of a point guard like Dennis Schroder, the assists have dropped (so to speak), but the Los Angeles Lakers attack travels at full speed: seventh for points scored, fourth for offensive rating and first for net rating. The defence? Always look first.

A greater investment in the three-point shooting which also involved Anthony Davis. Vogel has always stressed the fact that he asked Davos to shoot harder, a directive partially implemented by Davis (the number is roughly the same as last year’s), but it is the percentage: from 33% in 2019/20 to 37.1% of the first 12 games this year. “Who is our best shooter? LeBron I would put him third, after there is Marc (Gasol, ndr) and then me and Dudley and Caruso, leading Caldwell-Pope and Wes Matthews“.

With Friday’s win, the Lakers rose to a record at 11-3.

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