I find the modern era exciting but also boring as fuck. Just a lot of 3 point shooting but absolutely nothing else.
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In 59 games, Boston has missed 1,168 three-point shots. Are the other guys more likely to score on the possessions that immediately follow these misses?
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While I don’t have this data for the entire season, I have investigated the matter for the past five games, during which the Celts amassed 94 errant three-pointers.
Four of those misses ended a quarter of play, and the C’s were able to extend their possession with an offensive rebound 15 times. That leaves 75 enemy scoring opportunities precipitated by an off-target long bomb.
But the opposition could cash in only 30 of those possessions – 24 deuces, 3 treys, 3 trips to the foul line – a conversion rate of exactly 40%. Overall in those five games, opponents converted 249 of 487 possessions, 51.1%.