Evaluating 3-point defense can be foolhardy.
A few open shots that become bricks can paint a team’s defense as statistically sound; a few well-covered swishes can portray a defense as inadequate.
What might arguably be more telling about defenses through the first month of the NBA season, though, is the opponents’ number of attempted 3-pointers.
Which defense is perhaps unwittingly allowing opposing teams to bomb away from deep the most?
It’s the Nets’. No team’s defense allows more 3-point attempts than their 40.2 per game, which has become particularly glaring for Jacque Vaughn’s team recently.
The Nets, running out a defense with several lengthy, mobile wings, have surrendered at least 15 made 3s in their past four games, the last three losses.
“We just got to figure it out,” Mikal Bridges said after the Nets let the Hawks go 18-for-49 from deep en route to a 147-145, Atlanta OT victory on Wednesday. “We’re helping,…
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