It’s no secret the biggest bugaboo for the Los Angeles Lakers to start the new NBA season has been their 3-point shooting.
They’re hitting just 22.3% from beyond the arc, and they’ve failed to reach even the 30% mark in any of their four games this season.
Not coincidentally, Los Angeles is 0-4, and the mood is slowly starting to take on a desperate and possibly even ominous tone.
But the team isn’t just struggling from downtown — it’s struggling in a way that literally no other NBA team has ever struggled before.
The Lakers are shooting 33-for-148 on 3s this season. That 22.3% 3-pt FG pct is the worst over any 4-game span by any team within a season in NBA history (min. 125 3-pt FGA). https://t.co/w3DKI9vwSj
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) October 27, 2022
Perhaps the one piece of hope for them is that they rank fourth in defensive rating and second in pace. If they just find a way to start hitting an adequate number of 3-pointers while unleashing their fast break, maybe they can start stringing together wins.
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