The Warriors' championship journey last season, characterized by an insane average of twenty-eight three-point attempts per game, has profoundly influenced this era.
Even Gregg Popovich, who once thought Qin Yue should shoot fewer threes, spent last summer searching worldwide for shooters.
Perhaps, in a game like tonight with frequent physical confrontations...
Whether a three-pointer can be made ultimately depends on fate.
But without the offensive space provided by three-pointers, the players on both sides are destined to become increasingly fatigued and inefficient as the game goes on.
Entering the latter half of the second quarter, Shane Battier's hand remained hot, hitting threes for the Lakers successively from the arc and the left corner.
As for Richardson, who Qin Yue had high hopes for...
He perfectly displayed his other side as an erratic shooter.
Fortunately, Qin Yue, who drew the short straw with Richardson, had Mike Dunleavy as a quick heart-stopping remedy.
