The 3-point line still plays tricks on the Kings

De'Aaron Fox got the credit for saving the honor. Of all the Kings starters, he was the only one to convert 3-pointers last night against the Clippers. While the leader scored a 2/5 from afar, his teammates in the five accumulated a sad 0/13.

And as the replacements were not much more inspired, the Californians finished with a terrible collective 3/26 (11.5%). Difficult in these conditions to win, even if the locals finished with a higher general address (47% against 44%).

“ It's hard to win a game by scoring three 3-pointers. It just wasn't our night “, confirms DeMar DeRozanwhose streak of games with 20 or more points with Sacramento ended. “ We won the battle of lost balls, it was much the same thing on free throws. Where we really lost the game was on the 3-point line “, adds De’Aaron Fox.

The latter is embarrassed by the little finger of his left hand, his strong hand. The point guard recently told the Sacramento Bee that he dislocated his finger and may have suffered injuries that will take a month to heal. “ I can't do much about it. I'm not going to take a month off or anything. I'm able to play, so I'm on the pitch », notes the team leader.

Would this injury explain his low 3-point success percentage (30%) since the start of the season? What about Keegan Murray and Malik Monk, among the team's strongest shooters, who fail to surpass this symbolic bar?

Only Magic does worse

So many individual bankruptcies which are dragging the collective percentage of the Kings down. With 30.7% success, they are the second clumsiest team in the league at 3-points, behind the Magic. In terms of volume, it is the worst with only a little more than 10 successful baskets per game.

“ No matter who we play, we want to send. We feel like we're a good 3-point team. Even if the stats are not going in this direction for the moment, we have players capable of shooting 3-pointers. Every time we reach the paint, everyone converges, so we want to go in the paint, take the ball out, send and hopefully score shots », said Mike Brown before the match.

However, the latter believes that his players hesitate too much and refuse good shots behind the arc, and that they should even take ten more per game. Whether the address follows or not.

“ We have a lot of guys who are just feinting and trying to penetrate, and everyone is waiting in the paint. And then we sometimes make inside passes when the racket is full, which makes things difficult. When the ball arrives, you have to shoot and do it with confidence “, demanded the Kings coach.

Failed operation last night.