MAVS 96, CAVALIERS 114

[Kammrath]

I would like to find some stats on 3pt shot quality or expected 3FG% comparing this year versus last year. 

Last year the Mavs shot 17.5 wide-open (closest defender is 6+ feet away) threes per game at 37.0%.

This year the Mavs are shooting 17.8 wide-open threes per game at 40.8%.


Last year the Mavs shot 16.5 open (closest defender is 4-6 feet away) threes per game at 36.9%. 

This year they are shooting 15.9 open threes per game at 27.7%


Last year the Mavs shot 3.9 tight (closest defender is 2-4 feet away) threes per game at 29.7%.

This year they are shooting 4.6 tight threes per game at 23.0%.


So the Mavs are down 0.6 open threes per game and up 0.7 tight threes per game and up 0.3 wide-open threes per game. So about 0.5 to 1 three every game is in tighter coverage than last year. But they are also shooting 1.2 more shots per game than last year. 

So from a coverage standpoint the Mavs are getting basically just as good of looks from three as they did last year.