He’s also often forced to create at the end of the shot clock. Per NBA.com, Doncic is taking 5.7 three-pointers per game that are classified as pull-ups.
He routinely takes some of the most difficult looks in the league, and still knocks them down at an impressive rate. Doncic is a significantly better shooter than his percentages suggest because of the types of shots he’s taking and making.ĭoncic has to create almost every look for himself on a Mavericks team that doesn’t have many other playmakers or knockdown shooters to space the floor for him. The baseline for being an excellent three-point shooter in the NBA is a 40 percent mark from deep, but not all shooters are created equal. His season-long three-point percentage is now up to 34.9 percent. He’s been on fire from deep in February, hitting nearly 45 percent of his threes. There’s simply nothing a defender can do to stop Luka when he’s hitting shots like that.ĭoncic finished the game 6-of-8 from three-point range. Look at how dejected Brown looks when the shot goes in. With Dallas down one with about 30 seconds left, Doncic took the ball for a long possession, juked multiple Celtics defenders, and hit a pull-up three-pointer to give the Mavs the lead. The Dallas Mavericks won a thriller, 110-107, over Boston because Doncic hit some of the most difficult shots you’ll ever see down the stretch. The Boston Celtics found out just how good of a shooter Doncic is on Tuesday night. He’s also one of the game’s most dangerous shooters even if his percentages don’t necessarily suggest that. He’s made major strides as a defender this season.
Doncic isn’t without his flaws, but at this point it seems foolish to question the long-term viability of any area of his game when he has consistently risen to every challenge.ĭoncic has proven you don’t need to be able to run a 4.3 40-yard-dash or have a 40-inch vertical to be a functional NBA athlete. One by one, Doncic has answered every question on his way to becoming a legitimate MVP candidate in his third season at just 21 years old. They questioned his outside shooting ability. They said he would be a liability on defense. Doncic’s draft day doubters said he wasn’t athletic enough to thrive in the NBA. Luka Doncic has proven just about every critique of his game wrong during the start of his NBA career.
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