More interesting is looking at shooting propensities early in the shot clock. While with the clock running down we could more easily ascribe a rise in contested shots to more effective closeouts as offensive players dealt with teammates dealing them “live grenades” at the end of the 24. With the element of shooter choice removed, or at least reduced by the need to get an attempt up, that’s a plausible story. However, late clock contested 3s have held steady at around 4% of all shot attempts since 2013-14. However, contested 3s earlier in the shot clock have risen sharply.