The Nets buried a season-high 22 of 40 3-point attempts in Saturday’s win over the Knicks, a white-hot 55 percent.
“He can attack by himself. He can draw a kick. The defense has to react. So the space was great. If we can shoot 50 [3-pointers], we’ll shoot 50 and be OK with that as long as they’re good ones. What I love is the assist-to-turnover part of it. Just keep the thing simple, not complicating this game. Don’t need to.”
Irving can get past just about any defender in order to drive-and-kick. Creating clean looks for Joe Harris, Seth Curry, Royce O’Neale and Yuta Watanabe — all over 40 percent from 3 — is their only path to replicate a chunk of their missing scoring. In losing their first three games after Durant went down Jan. 8 with a sprained MCL, the Nets shot just 28.6 percent from behind the arc, dead last in the league. But in splitting their last six games since, they’ve hit 46.5 percent , second-best in that span.
But from outside 25 feet, it’s actually gone up. Not only is it a higher-value shot, but with their roster, it’s one they can make. Harris has a pair of 3-point shooting crowns, Curry is the leading active career shooter and Watanabe is hitting 49.5 percent.
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