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Among players with as many shot attempts as him, Giannis had the worst shooting percentage on 3s, FTs, mid-range shots, and shots in the paint outside of the restricted area.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/98838
He did really well on shots in the restricted area, but was pretty awful from everywhere else.
Giannis took 197 shots in the paint outside of the restricted area, shooting just 27.9%. That's by far the worst out of the 62 players with that many attempts.
He took 192 midrange shots and shot 35.9%. That's the worst out of the 36 players with that many attempts.
He took 171 3s and shot 27.5%. That's the worst out of the 201 players with that many attempts.
The FT
Seems the NBA community on lemmy.world is gaining much more traction than here.
https://lemmy.ml/c/[email protected] Or [email protected] is the community I’m talking about.
Seems to have gathered more people. Don’t know why, but in these quickly changing times chance is probably a big factor.
No reason multiple communities can’t survive, but realistically, as we know from Reddit, one will often dominate.
Sorry for the mod here if they were keen to start a community. From what I understand, moderators of a community need not be all on the same instance, so maybe you could help out over on lemmy.world. It seems they might want it too.
Lemmy.world should be a stable instance as it’s run by @[email protected] who runs a number of instances including a fairly large mastodon one.
Nikola Jokic has become the first NBA player ever to lead the playoffs in total points, total rebounds, and total assists. Simply incredible.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.one/post/86267
Considering LeBron went through a number of finals runs in his peak where he hit a few game 7s, I was surprised he had never achieved this
NUGGETS WIN NBA FINALS
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Fred Vanvleet landing spots after opting out of contract
ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reported on Monday that Toronto Raptors point guard Fred VanVleet was opting out of his $22.8 million player option for the 2023-24…
Not that he couldn't resign with Toronto, but I think he could be the biggest FA in a weak FA year
Predicting the winner of NBA Finals game 5
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/1225182
Do you think the Nuggets win it all tonight? Or will the zombie Heat hang on to win and keep the series going?
Sources: Heat's Herro to attempt return for G5
Heat guard Tyler Herro was available to play for the first time in two months in Game 5 of the NBA Finals but didn't end up seeing any action Monday night.
Tyler Herro expected to attempt a return for game 5
Adrian Wojnarowski: Miami’s Tyler Herro — who was upgraded to questionable — is expected to suit up for Game 5 and attempt a return tonight, sources tell ESPN.Source: Twitter @woj…
Let’s rank the top free agents in the NBA.
The really smart adjustment Michael Malone and the Nuggets made against Miami’s zone in Game 3 - via Eric Shapiro
cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/503722
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Conor McGregor sends Heat mascot to ER
During a mid-game bit in which McGregor was promoting his pain relief spray, he coldcocked Burnie with a hard left hook.
Video of the incident https://twitter.com/LeBatardShow/status/1667353772014665728
Also, Conor McGregor is a god damn idiot
#1 NUGGETS at #8 HEAT | FULL GAME 4 HIGHLIGHTS | June 9, 2023
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The Denver Nuggets (3-1) defeat the Miami Heat (1-3), 108-95.
108 - 95 |
Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo |
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GAME SUMMARY |
Location: Kaseya Center (20184), Clock: Final |
Officials: Scott Foster, Bill Kennedy, and James Williams |
Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
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Denver Nuggets | 20 | 35 | 31 | 22 | 108 |
Miami Heat | 21 | 30 | 22 | 22 | 95 |
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TEAM STATS |
Team | PTS | FG | FG% | 3P | 3P% | FT | FT% | OREB | TREB | AST | PF | STL | TO | BLK |
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Denver Nuggets | 108 | 39-79 | 49.4% | 14-28 | 50.0% | 16-21 | 76.2% | 5 | 45 | 26 | 18 | 11 | 6 | 7 |
Miami Heat | 95 | 35-78 | 44.9% | 8-25 | 32.0% | 17-20 | 85.0% | 8 | 46 | 23 | 19 | 2 | 14 | 3 |
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PLAYER STATS |
Denver Nuggets | MIN | PTS | * |