Originally Posted by
stevenash
OK, I did a brief analytical breakdown on the Rockets.
I'll cut to the chase and keep this brief as not to bore any of you to tears with advanced math.
The Rockets average a tad over 91 shots per game.
Out of those 91 shots Houston takes 44.5 of them are of the three point variety.
That's startling, 49 percent or for argument sake half of their field goal attempts are from long distance the most in the NBA and it's not even close.
Wait, it gets better.
Out of those 44.5 three point tries they make 15.5 and miss 29 of them for a .349 percentage.
That 35 made percentage is not rock bottom on the league but pretty damn near rock bottom.
Breaking it down further out of the 91 shots Houston takes 46.6 of them are regular two point shots you know the layups and mid range jumpers and such.
Out of those 46.6 two point shots Houston makes on the average of 26.3 of them missing 20 for a .552 percentage.
Long story short and there's a lot more to it than what I just posted (like offensive rebounds which Houston is terrible at etc. etc.) you have to get close to 40 percent of those three pointers made for that shot to be more valuable than the layup for instance.
35 percent will not usually get it done.
Same with baseball, the team that lives and dies by the home run but strikes out way too much more than likely is at a disadvantage that say a contact hitting team that puts the ball in play inside the ball park but that's another story for another day.