Knicks Fixing Three-Point Shooting Woes

The New York Knicks started off the season rough, especially in the shooting department. However, things are beginning to look up.

In the team’s past two wins against the Miami Heat and Detroit Pistons, there has been a higher volume of 3-point shots, which has been a big reason behind the team’s victories.

“Before Wednesday night’s game in Miami, when the Knicks fired up 40 3s, New York was dead last in the NBA in 3-point attempts per game,” The Athletic insider James Edwards III writes. “It’s surprising only because the additions of Karl-Anthony Towns and Mikal Bridges, two good 3-point shooters, added to a starting lineup this offseason that already featured Jalen Brunson and OG Anunoby, two more good 3-point shooters. The Knicks need to iron out spacing kinks and not turn down as many looks in hopes of getting a better shot. The performance against the Heat was a step in the right direction.”

The Knicks have had to adjust a little more with the addition of Towns as their center. Towns is a big part of spacing the floor, which is a different aspect that the team didn’t have last year.

When Isaiah Hartenstein was playing center, he wasn’t usually on the perimeter. This means that the Knicks have to learn how to play in a five-out scheme, and that takes some time. It isn’t going to fix itself right away.

That also means that just because the Knicks have found some success in the past two games doesn’t mean it is fully resolved either. The Knicks will end up taking some steps back at some point during the season, but it’s promising to see that they are able to grow from their mistakes.

The Knicks will look to keep the strong 3-point efforts going when they visit the Houston Rockets on Monday evening.

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