Cavaliers learned a lesson from the Celtics that may bring them a championship
Bombs away!
Another game, another bushel of 3-pointers for the Cleveland Cavaliers.
In their latest victory over the Orlando Magic, their first trip to central Florida since the two teams met in the playoffs last year, the Cavaliers hit another 19 3-pointers, showing off the superpower that has propelled them to the league’s best record.
Last season the Cavaliers were a good 3-point shooting team; this year they have taken things to the next level, and it may just be the change that brings a second championship to The Land.
The Cavaliers are bombing away from 3
The Cavaliers are having an all-time shooting season. They are putting up 41.1 3-point attempts per game, a whopping number that ranks fourth in the league behind the modern offenses of Golden State and Boston and the desperation of the Chicago Bulls.
Yet what Cleveland is doing with that level of shot volume is unique and destructive. The Celtics lead the league in 3-point attempts with 48.4 per game, a truly insane number. Yet they are hitting just 36.8 percent of them. At some point, if you continue to increase your 3-point volume, you pass the line where your good shooters take good shots and your shaky shooters take great shots; instead, you start adding bad, low-percentage looks to the mix, and it ends up with a 3-point percentage that is merely average.
