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[DallasMaverick]

Thanks for this.  A couple of observations:

Realizing this is a super small sample size (most of which didn't include Kyrie or Flagg), I don't think anyone would be too upset with an EFG% in the sixties.  That would be historically good.  It won't be that good, but if we are putting any weight on this sample to criticize this style of offense, we have to also give some weight to the efficiency that was achieved.

Second, it isn't like we aren't shooting 3's.  We are basically trading non-corner 3's for mid-range shots.  Note that we are about 1/3, 1/3 and 1/3 between at the rim shots, threes and some kind of mid-range shot.  Is a more difficult three worth that much more than a mid-range two?  Theoretically, it depends on the percentages shot, but in practice, if all you are doing is getting to the rim or shooting 3's, then you become pretty predictable.  We used to criticize the variability of "living by the three and dying by the three".  Now, we don't like the diversity of shots that might lessen the variability of outcomes.

Dirk was king of the long midrange two, and did it with unbelievable efficiency.