Golden State Warriors: 5 Adjustments For Game 3

3. Making Three-Point Shots

Curry hasn’t shot the ball well from downtown, as we already covered. Klay Thompson has been a disaster through two games, as we’ll cover in a bit. In five playoff wins, the Dubs have shot 39.5 percent from three-point range. In their Game 2 loss, the Warriors had a horrendous night from downtown, going 6-for-26 (23.1 percent).

The good news is, the Warriors don’t need to reinvent the wheel here. Golden State’s game plan is centered around its potent three-point attack, and though that seems risky to some because they’re a “jump-shooting team,” it worked pretty damn well during the regular season when they won 67 games and posted a historic point differential of +10.1.

It was the same case during the regular season: in 67 wins, the Dubs shot 40.9 percent from beyond the arc. In their 15 losses, that number plummeted to 35.0 percent — which still happened to lead the league, by the way.

The Splash Brothers obviously need to hit shots against a team with interior bruisers, but guys like Draymond Green, Harrison Barnes, Andre Iguodala and Leandro Barbosa need to knock down the open looks they get on the perimeter. Every shooter is prone to having an off night; now that nearly every Warrior has had one off night (or two, in some cases), it’s time to find that three-point stroke again.

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