Here's a pretty interesting stat about the Mavs and the 3-ball. As we all know, sometimes they fall in love with the arc. That was the case in the loss at Utah last week when they launched a season-high 26. They followed up with 20 attempts in the following loss to Cleveland.
Twenty is the magic number the Mavs don't want to hit. When they take 20 or more 3-pointers in a game, they're 2-7 and they've lost the last six in which they've shot 20 or more.
In those nine games, they've made 60-of-200 for 30 percent. They're shooting 34.9 percent on the season. In the seven losses, they've made 42-of-155 for 27.1 percent. In the two wins they've made 18-of-45 for 40.0 percent.
When the Mavs are launching too many 3s it typically signifies that they're not moving the ball around, they're not trying to take it to the basket and get to the foul line and they're allowing fatigue to dictate shooting jumpers rather than working harder to get a better shot.
Here's the chart:
Date Opp. 3M-3A Result
11/2 Atl 4-24 L
11/8 GS 10-24 W
11/20 Tor 8-21 W
11/24 Mil 9-22 L
11/26 Wash 3-21 L
12/1 N.O. 6-20 L
12/6 Den 7-22 L
12/26 Utah 9-26 L
12/27 Cleve 4-20 L
-- Jeff Caplan
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